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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3744 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2009 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act supporting and honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawful detainments |
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| 13 | 13 | | (SHIELD Act). |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida7th Plymouth1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3744 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2009 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Sullivan-Almeida of Abington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 2009) of Alyson M. Sullivan-Almeida relative to federal immigration detainers issued by the |
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| 21 | 21 | | United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Judiciary. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act supporting and honoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawful detainments |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SHIELD Act). |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 276 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2is hereby amended by inserting after section 20R the following section:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 Section 20S: Honoring Federal Immigration Detainers Issued by the United States |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4Immigration and Customs Enforcement |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 Section 20S. (a) For purposes of this section, the term “law enforcement agency” shall |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6include but not be limited to any state, municipal, college or university police department, |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7sheriff’s department, correctional facility, prosecutorial office, court, probation office, or any |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8other non-federal entity in the commonwealth charged with the enforcement of laws or the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9custody of detained persons. Upon receipt of a written request from the United States |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting detention of an individual on the grounds that |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11there is probable cause that such person is a removable alien, law enforcement agencies shall 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12comply with the terms of any detainer request received under any of the following |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13circumstances: |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 (i) The individual has been convicted or charged with an aggravated felony offense as |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15defined in 8 USC § 1101(a)(43), including but not limited to, murder, rape, sexual abuse of a |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16minor, illicit drug trafficking, and illicit firearms trafficking. |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17 (ii) The individual has been convicted or charged with a violent crime as defined in 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18USC § 16. |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 (iii) The individual has been convicted or charged with a criminal street gang offense as |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20defined in 18 USC § 521. |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21 (iv) The individual has been convicted or charged with a terrorism offense as defined in |
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| 52 | 52 | | 2218 USC Chapter 113B. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23 (b) Any law enforcement agency employee shall comply with a United States |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention request if said employee determines that the |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25alien poses a threat to public safety, or other compelling argument supporting the alien’s |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26detention. |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28 |
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