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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5724 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001255 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- DETENTION FOR FEDERAL |
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| 16 | 16 | | CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Giraldo, Alzate, Potter, Morales, Stewart, Diaz, Biah, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Tanzi, and Felix |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: House State Government & Elections |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | CHAPTER 167 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | DETENTION FOR FEDERAL CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | 42-167-1. Short title. 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Detention for Federal Civil 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Immigration Violations". 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 42-167-2. Prohibition on agreements to detain individuals for federal civil 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | immigration violations. 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) No state or municipal governmental official or body, or instrumentality or agency 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | thereof, may enter into or renew any contract, intergovernmental service agreement, memorandum 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of understanding or any other agreement to detain individuals for federal civil immigration 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | violations. 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (b) A state official or body, or instrumentality or agency thereof, with an existing contract, 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | intergovernmental service agreement, memorandum of understanding or other agreement that is 15 |
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| 39 | 39 | | used, whether in whole or part, to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations, shall 16 |
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| 40 | 40 | | exercise the termination provision in the contract, intergovernmental service agreement, 17 |
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| 41 | 41 | | memorandum of understanding or other agreement as applied to detaining individuals for federal 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | civil immigration violations no later than July 1, 2026. 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | 42-167-3. Prohibition from using public resources to facilitate detaining individuals 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | for federal civil immigration violations. 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | No state or municipal governmental official or body, or instrumentality or agency thereof, 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | shall: 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) Sell, trade, lease or otherwise dispose of any real or personal property belonging to the 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | state or municipal governmental body or entity for the purpose of facilitating the establishment or 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | operation of a facility that detains or will detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations; 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) Use state or municipal governmental funds or assets to pay, reimburse, subsidize or 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | defray in anyway any cost related to the sale, purchase, construction, development, ownership, 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | management or operation of a facility that detains or will detain individuals for federal civil 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | immigration violations; 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (3) Receive per diem per detainee payments or any other payments related to a facility that 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | detains or will detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations; 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (4) Otherwise give any financial incentive or benefit in connection with the sale, purchase, 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | construction, development, ownership, management or operation of a facility that detains or will 16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations; or 17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (5) Impose or continue in effect any law, ordinance, policy or regulation that violates or 18 |
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| 63 | 63 | | conflicts with the provisions of this chapter. 19 |
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| 64 | 64 | | 42-167-4. Severability. 20 |
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| 65 | 65 | | If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part of this chapter shall be adjudged by any 21 |
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| 66 | 66 | | court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, that judgment shall not 22 |
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| 67 | 67 | | affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder of this chapter but shall be confined in its operation to 23 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the clause, sentence, paragraph, section, or part directly involved in the controversy in which that 24 |
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| 69 | 69 | | judgment shall have been rendered. 25 |
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| 70 | 70 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 26 |
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| 77 | 77 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 78 | 78 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 79 | 79 | | OF |
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| 80 | 80 | | A N A C T |
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| 81 | 81 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNME NT -- DETENTION FOR FEDERAL |
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| 82 | 82 | | CIVIL IMMIGRATION VIOLATIONS |
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| 84 | 84 | | This act would prohibit any state or municipal government official or agency from 1 |
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| 85 | 85 | | entering into any contract to detain individuals for civil immigration violations, and if any such 2 |
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| 86 | 86 | | contract is in existence, the contract must be terminated by July 1, 2026. It would further prohibit 3 |
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| 87 | 87 | | the use of any public resources to detain individuals for federal civil immigration violations. 4 |
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| 88 | 88 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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