Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act
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Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and related federal law with respect to immigration law enforcement within the United States.
Authorizes: (1) states or their political subdivisions to enact and enforce immigration criminal penalties as long as they do not exceed relevant federal criminal penalties; and (2) state or local law enforcement personnel to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or transfer to federal custody aliens for immigration enforcement purposes to the same extent as federal law enforcement personnel.
Directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) with all information that DHS has regarding any alien: (1) against whom a final order of removal has been issued, (2) who has entered into a voluntary departure agreement, (3) who has overstayed his or her authorized period of stay, or (4) whose visa has been revoked. Requires NCIC to enter such information into its Immigration Violators File.
Requires: (1) states to have access to federal programs or technology directed at identifying inadmissible or deportable aliens, and (2) states and their political subdivisions to provide DHS with specified identifying information about each apprehended alien who is believed to be inadmissible or deportable.
Directs DHS to make grants to states and their political subdivisions for procurement of equipment, technology, and facilities related to investigating, apprehending, arresting, or transporting inadmissible or deportable aliens.
Directs DHS to construct or acquire additional domestic detention facilities for aliens detained pending removal.
Amends the INA regarding illegal aliens apprehended by state or local authorities to provide for: (1) federal custody upon state or local request, and (2) state or local compensation for related incarceration and transportation costs.
Directs the DOJ or DHS to ensure that an alien subject to removal is detained in an adequate state or local prison, detention center, or other comparable facility.
Directs DHS to establish immigration-related training for state and local personnel.
The summary continues for 48 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on February 27, 2015. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
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Who is behind it?
Trey Gowdy (R-SC) introduced it on February 27, 2015, and 50 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They are 50 Republicans.
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How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on February 27, 2015, 4213 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 4194 days ago, on March 18, 2015.
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Vote history
- HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
- SenateNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action