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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1680 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility |
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| 6 | 6 | | Act of 1996 to expand the prohibition on State noncompliance with |
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| 7 | 7 | | enforcement of the immigration laws, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. E |
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| 11 | 11 | | VANSof Colorado (for himself, Mr. CRANK, Ms. BOEBERT, and Mr. |
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| 13 | 13 | | URDof Colorado) introduced the following bill; which was referred to |
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| 14 | 14 | | the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant |
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| 17 | 17 | | Responsibility Act of 1996 to expand the prohibition |
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| 18 | 18 | | on State noncompliance with enforcement of the immi- |
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| 19 | 19 | | gration laws, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unhandcuffing Police 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | to Locate and Interdict Foreign Transgressors Act’’ or the 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | ‘‘UPLIFT Act’’. 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Given recent infiltration of American communities by 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | transnational criminal organizations such as Tren de 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel, and MS–13 and the accom-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | panying rise in crime that continue to impact American 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | neighborhoods, the purposes of this act is to require law 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | enforcement and other public servants in sanctuary juris-7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | dictions to fully cooperate with the Departments of Justice 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and Homeland Security to protect American citizens and 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | mitigate the flow of opioids, fentanyl, and other illicit 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | drugs. 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | SEC. 3. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ENFORCEMENT OF IMMI-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | GRATION LAW IN SANCTUARY JURISDIC-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | TIONS. 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (a) I |
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| 44 | 44 | | NGENERAL.—Section 642 of the Illegal Immi-15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (8 U.S.C. 1373) is amended— 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | lows: 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 50 | 50 | | NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | vision of Federal, State, or local law, no Federal, State, 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | or local government entity, and no individual, may prohibit 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | or in any way restrict, a Federal, State, or local govern-23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ment entity, official, or other personnel from complying 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | with the immigration laws and policies of the United 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | States or from assisting or cooperating with Federal law 26 |
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| 60 | 60 | | enforcement entities, officials, or other personnel regard-1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ing the enforcement of the immigration laws.’’; 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | lows: 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | ‘‘(b) L |
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| 65 | 65 | | AWENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Notwith-5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | standing any other provision of Federal, State, or local 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | law, no Federal, State, or local government entity, and no 7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | individual, may prohibit, or in any way restrict, a Federal, 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | State, or local government entity, official, or other per-9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | sonnel from undertaking any of the following law enforce-10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ment activities with respect to information regarding the 11 |
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| 72 | 72 | | citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, the 12 |
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| 73 | 73 | | inadmissibility or deportability, or the custody status, of 13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | any individual: 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | ‘‘(1) Making inquiries to any individual in order 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | to obtain such information regarding such individual 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | or any other individuals reasonably suspected of 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | being involved in a crime. 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(2) Notifying the Federal Government regard-19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ing the presence of individuals reasonably suspected 20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | of being involved in a crime who are encountered by 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | law enforcement officials or other personnel of a 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | State or political subdivision of a State. 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(3) Complying with requests for such informa-1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | tion from Federal law enforcement entities, officials, 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | or other personnel.’’; 3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Immigration 4 |
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| 91 | 91 | | and Naturalization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-5 |
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| 92 | 92 | | ment of Homeland Security’’; 6 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (4) by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(d) G |
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| 95 | 95 | | OVERNMENTINVOLVEMENT IN IMMIGRATION 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | D |
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| 97 | 97 | | ETENTION.—Not withstanding any other provision of 9 |
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| 98 | 98 | | Federal, State, or local law, no Federal, State, or local 10 |
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| 99 | 99 | | government entity, and no individual, may in any way re-11 |
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| 100 | 100 | | strict a Federal, State, or local government entity, official, 12 |
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| 101 | 101 | | or other personnel from— 13 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(1) entering into an agreement for the deten-14 |
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| 103 | 103 | | tion of individuals in an immigration detention facil-15 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ity that is owned, managed, or operated by a private 16 |
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| 105 | 105 | | entity; 17 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(2) selling any government-owned property for 18 |
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| 107 | 107 | | the purpose of establishing an immigration detention 19 |
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| 108 | 108 | | facility that is or will be owned, managed, or oper-20 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ated by a private entity; 21 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘(3) paying any costs related to the sale, pur-22 |
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| 111 | 111 | | chase, construction, development, ownership, man-23 |
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| 112 | 112 | | agement, or operation of an immigration detention 24 |
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| 116 | 116 | | facility that is or will be owned, managed, or oper-1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ated by a private entity; or 2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘(4) receiving any payment related to the de-3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | tention of individuals in an immigration detention 4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | facility that is owned, managed, or operated by a 5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | private entity. 6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘(e) S |
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| 123 | 123 | | TANDING FORLOCALJURISDICTIONSTOSEEK 7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | NJUNCTIVERELIEF.—Any local government entity alleg-8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ing a violation of subsection (a), (b), or (d) by the State 9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | in which the entity is located that harms such entity or 10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | its residents shall have standing to bring an action against 11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | the respective State on behalf of such entity or the resi-12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | dents of such entity in an appropriate district court of the 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | United States to obtain appropriate injunctive relief. The 14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | court shall advance on the docket and expedite the disposi-15 |
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| 133 | 133 | | tion of a civil action filed under this subsection to the 16 |
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| 134 | 134 | | greatest extent practicable. For purposes of this sub-17 |
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| 135 | 135 | | section, local government entity or its residents shall be 18 |
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| 136 | 136 | | considered to have been harmed if the entity or any of 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | its residents experience harm, including financial harm in 20 |
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| 138 | 138 | | excess of $100. 21 |
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| 139 | 139 | | ‘‘(f) C |
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| 140 | 140 | | OMPLIANCE.— 22 |
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| 141 | 141 | | ‘‘(1) A |
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| 142 | 142 | | NNUAL DETERMINATION .—The Secretary 23 |
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| 143 | 143 | | of Homeland Security shall determine, for each cal-24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | endar year, which States or local government entities 25 |
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| 148 | 148 | | are not in compliance with subsection (a) or (b) or 1 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (d) and shall report such determinations to Congress 2 |
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| 150 | 150 | | by March 1 of each succeeding calendar year. 3 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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| 152 | 152 | | EPORTS.—The Secretary shall issue a re-4 |
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| 153 | 153 | | port concerning the compliance with subsections (a) 5 |
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| 154 | 154 | | and (b) of any particular State or local government 6 |
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| 155 | 155 | | entity at the request of the Committee on the Judi-7 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ciary of the House of Representatives or the Com-8 |
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| 157 | 157 | | mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 9 |
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| 158 | 158 | | ‘‘(g) C |
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| 159 | 159 | | ONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 10 |
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| 160 | 160 | | require law enforcement officials from States, or from 11 |
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| 161 | 161 | | local government entities, to report or arrest victims of 12 |
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| 162 | 162 | | or witnesses to a criminal offense.’’. 13 |
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| 163 | 163 | | SEC. 4. CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF ICE DETAINERS. 14 |
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| 164 | 164 | | (a) I |
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| 165 | 165 | | NGENERAL.—Section 287(d) of the Immigra-15 |
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| 166 | 166 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(d)) is amended 16 |
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| 167 | 167 | | to read as follows: 17 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘(d) D |
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| 169 | 169 | | ETAINER OFINADMISSIBLE ORDEPORTABLE 18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | A |
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| 171 | 171 | | LIENS.— 19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 173 | 173 | | N GENERAL.—In the case of an individual 20 |
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| 174 | 174 | | who is arrested by any Federal, State, or local law 21 |
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| 175 | 175 | | enforcement official or other personnel for the al-22 |
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| 176 | 176 | | leged violation of any criminal or motor vehicle law, 23 |
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| 177 | 177 | | the Secretary may issue a detainer regarding the in-24 |
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| 178 | 178 | | dividual to any Federal, State, or local law enforce-25 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ment entity, official, or other personnel if the Sec-1 |
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| 183 | 183 | | retary has probable cause to believe that the indi-2 |
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| 184 | 184 | | vidual is an inadmissible or deportable alien. 3 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 186 | 186 | | ROBABLE CAUSE.—The Secretary may 4 |
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| 187 | 187 | | establish proabable cause if— 5 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(A) the individual who is the subject of 6 |
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| 189 | 189 | | the detainer matches, pursuant to biometric 7 |
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| 190 | 190 | | confirmation or other Federal database records, 8 |
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| 191 | 191 | | the identity of an alien who the Secretary has 9 |
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| 192 | 192 | | reasonable grounds to believe to be inadmissible 10 |
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| 193 | 193 | | or deportable; 11 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(B) the individual who is the subject of 12 |
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| 195 | 195 | | the detainer is the subject of ongoing removal 13 |
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| 196 | 196 | | proceedings, including matters where a charg-14 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ing document has already been served; 15 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ‘‘(C) the individual who is the subject of 16 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the detainer has previously been ordered re-17 |
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| 200 | 200 | | moved from the United States and such an 18 |
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| 201 | 201 | | order is administratively final; 19 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(D) the individual who is the subject of 20 |
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| 203 | 203 | | the detainer has made voluntary statements or 21 |
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| 204 | 204 | | provided reliable evidence that indicate that 22 |
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| 205 | 205 | | they are an inadmissible or deportable alien; or 23 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(E) the Secretary otherwise has probable 24 |
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| 207 | 207 | | cause to believe that the individual who is the 25 |
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| 211 | 211 | | subject of the detainer is an inadmissible or de-1 |
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| 212 | 212 | | portable alien. 2 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(3) T |
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| 214 | 214 | | RANSFER OF CUSTODY .—If the Federal, 3 |
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| 215 | 215 | | State, or local law enforcement entity, official, or 4 |
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| 216 | 216 | | other personnel to whom a detainer is issued com-5 |
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| 217 | 217 | | plies with the detainer and detains the individual 6 |
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| 218 | 218 | | who is the subject of the detainer for purposes of 7 |
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| 219 | 219 | | transfer of custody to the Department of Homeland 8 |
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| 220 | 220 | | Security, the Department may take custody of the 9 |
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| 221 | 221 | | individual within 48 hours (excluding weekends and 10 |
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| 222 | 222 | | holidays), but in no instance more than 96 hours, 11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | following the date that the individual is otherwise to 12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | be released from the custody of the relevant Federal, 13 |
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| 225 | 225 | | State, or local law enforcement entity.’’. 14 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (b) I |
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| 227 | 227 | | MMUNITY; PRIVATERIGHT OFACTION.—Section 15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | 1357) is amended by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 231 | 231 | | MMUNITY.— 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 233 | 233 | | N GENERAL.—A State or a political sub-19 |
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| 234 | 234 | | division of a State (and the officials and personnel 20 |
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| 235 | 235 | | of the State or subdivision acting in their official ca-21 |
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| 236 | 236 | | pacities), and a nongovernmental entity (and its per-22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | sonnel) contracted by the State or political subdivi-23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | sion for the purpose of providing detention, acting in 24 |
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| 239 | 239 | | compliance with a Department of Homeland Secu-25 |
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| 243 | 243 | | rity detainer issued pursuant to subsection (d), that 1 |
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| 244 | 244 | | temporarily holds an alien in its custody pursuant to 2 |
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| 245 | 245 | | the terms of such detainer so that the alien may be 3 |
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| 246 | 246 | | taken into the custody of the Department of Home-4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | land Security, shall be considered to be acting under 5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | color of Federal authority for purposes of deter-6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | mining the liability, and immunity from suit, of the 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | State or political subdivision of a State in a civil ac-8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | tion brought under Federal or State law and shall 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | not be liable for their compliance with the detainer 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | in any suit seeking any punitive, compensatory, or 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | other monetary damages. 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | ‘‘(2) F |
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| 256 | 256 | | EDERAL GOVERNMENT AS DEFEND -13 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ANT.—In any civil action described in paragraph 14 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (1), the United States shall be the proper party 15 |
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| 259 | 259 | | named as the defendant in the action. 16 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ‘‘(3) B |
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| 261 | 261 | | AD FAITH EXCEPTION .—Paragraphs (1) 17 |
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| 262 | 262 | | and (2) shall not apply to any mistreatment of an 18 |
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| 263 | 263 | | individual by a State or a political subdivision of a 19 |
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| 264 | 264 | | State (and the officials and personnel of the State 20 |
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| 265 | 265 | | or subdivision acting in their official capacities), or 21 |
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| 266 | 266 | | a nongovernmental entity (and its personnel) con-22 |
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| 267 | 267 | | tracted by the State or political subdivision for the 23 |
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| 268 | 268 | | purpose of providing detention. 24 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ‘‘(j) P |
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| 274 | 274 | | ‘‘(1) CAUSE OF ACTION.—Any individual, or a 1 |
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| 275 | 275 | | spouse, parent, or child of that individual (if the in-2 |
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| 276 | 276 | | dividual is deceased), who is the victim of a murder, 3 |
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| 277 | 277 | | rape, or any felony, under State or Federal law, for 4 |
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| 278 | 278 | | which an alien has been convicted and sentenced to 5 |
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| 279 | 279 | | a term of imprisonment of at least 1 year, may 6 |
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| 280 | 280 | | bring an action against a State or political subdivi-7 |
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| 281 | 281 | | sion of a State in the appropriate Federal or State 8 |
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| 282 | 282 | | court if the State or political subdivision released the 9 |
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| 283 | 283 | | alien from custody prior to the commission of such 10 |
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| 284 | 284 | | crime as a consequence of the State or political sub-11 |
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| 285 | 285 | | division’s declining to honor a detainer issued pursu-12 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ant to subsection (d). 13 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 288 | 288 | | IMITATION ON BRINGING ACTION .—An 14 |
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| 289 | 289 | | action brought under this subsection may not be 15 |
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| 290 | 290 | | brought later than 10 years following the date on 16 |
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| 291 | 291 | | which the crime was committed, or the date on 17 |
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| 292 | 292 | | which the victim died as a result of such crime, 18 |
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| 293 | 293 | | whichever occurs later. 19 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 295 | 295 | | TTORNEYS’ FEE AND OTHER COSTS .—In 20 |
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| 296 | 296 | | any action under this subsection the court shall 21 |
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| 297 | 297 | | award a prevailing plaintiff a reasonable attorneys’ 22 |
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| 298 | 298 | | fee as part of the costs, and include expert fees as 23 |
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| 299 | 299 | | part of the attorneys’ fee.’’. 24 |
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