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Texas · 89th Legislature Regular Session
HB2566Relating to the enforcement of state and federal immigration laws by state agencies, local entities, and peace officers; creating a civil penalty.
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Requires peace officers to inquire into immigration status in more situations, investigate status on arrest or failure to show ID, and mandates that state agencies and local entities (including sheriffs and police) seek 287(g) agreements with ICE and share immigration information for public safety,
each employee of a state agency or local entity, including a peace officer, district attorney, criminal district attorney, and county attorney, shall send, receive, and maintain information relating to the immigration status of any individual as reasonably needed for public safety purposes.
Creates a duty for peace officers to detain and transport persons with probable cause of violating the state illegal-immigration offense in Penal Code 51.04, expanding state-level enforcement of immigration-related crimes.
If a peace officer has probable cause to believe a person has committed an offense under Section 51.04, Penal Code, the officer shall securely transport the person to the custody of the United States Department of Homeland Security or to a temporary point of detention and reasonably detain the person when authorized by federal immigration detainer or federal arrest warrant.
Prohibits local entities from intentionally refusing to comply with the new requirements to enforce immigration laws and investigate status, with civil penalties and attorney general enforcement, thereby banning sanctuary policies.
A local entity may not intentionally refuse to comply with the requirements of this subchapter relating to the enforcement of immigration laws.
Requires jails to investigate immigration status of arrestees, mandates detailed monthly reporting by counties on prisoners subject to ICE detainers or believed to be illegally present (including costs and transfers), and requires the Department of Criminal Justice to publish quarterly reports onimm
prisoners for whom an immigration detainer has been issued by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and of those prisoners: (i) the number transferred to the custody of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the previous month; and (ii) the number released from custody in the previous month;
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands immigration enforcement by mandating broader status inquiries and investigations by peace officers, requiring cooperation and 287(g) agreements, prohibiting local non-cooperation with civil penalties, authorizing state detention/transport for a state immigration crime, and imposing extensive new reporting on jails and state facilities about immigration detainees and illegal immigrants.
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