Requires U.S. citizenship for top leadership and certain other positions in state homeland security entities, so more immigration enforcement by limiting non-citizens from key roles that interface with critical data and infrastructure.
An employee of an entity described by Section 421.021(a) must be a citizen of the United States if the employee: (1) is the executive director of the entity;
Requires U.S. citizenship for top leadership and certain other positions in state homeland security entities, so more immigration enforcement by limiting non-citizens from key roles that interface with critical data and infrastructure.
The executive director of an entity described by Section 421.021(a) may extend the citizenship requirement under this section to any other position not listed under Subsection (a) if the position is allowed to interface with: (1) proprietary data or information deemed critical to the operation of the agency; or (2) systems that can influence the functionality of critical infrastructure.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill adds a U.S. citizenship requirement for executive, deputy, assistant director, and equivalent positions (and potentially others handling critical data/infrastructure) in entities on the state's Homeland Security Council. This expands immigration enforcement by restricting non-citizens from these roles in homeland security-related state agencies. No other listed topics are substantively addressed.
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