Authorizes states and localities to enact and enforce their own criminal and civil penalties for conduct prohibited by federal immigration laws, so more state and local immigration enforcement.
States, or political subdivisions of States, may enact, implement and enforce criminal penalties that penalize the same conduct that is prohibited in the criminal provisions of immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))), as long as the criminal penalties do not exceed the relevant Federal criminal penalties (without regard to ancillary issues such as the availability of probation or pardon).
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Repeals the existing restriction in 8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(2) that limited state and local enforcement of immigration laws, so more state and local immigration enforcement.
Section 274A(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (2).
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2025-01-07: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill authorizes states and political subdivisions to enact and enforce their own criminal and civil penalties mirroring federal immigration law violations (with penalties not exceeding federal ones) and repeals the prior federal limit on such state enforcement in 8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(2).