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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 218
To authorize State enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY7, 2025
Mr. B
IGGSof Arizona (for himself, Ms. MACE, and Mrs. LUNA) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To authorize State enforcement of immigration laws, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Immigration En-4
forcement Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. STATE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. 6
States, or political subdivisions of States, may enact, 7
implement and enforce criminal penalties that penalize the 8
same conduct that is prohibited in the criminal provisions 9
of immigration laws (as defined in section 101(a)(17) of 10
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 11
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1101(a)(17))), as long as the criminal penalties do not ex-1
ceed the relevant Federal criminal penalties (without re-2
gard to ancillary issues such as the availability of proba-3
tion or pardon). States, or political subdivisions of States, 4
may enact, implement and enforce civil penalties that pe-5
nalize the same conduct that is prohibited in the civil pro-6
visions of immigration laws (as defined in such section 7
101(a)(17)), as long as the civil penalties do not exceed 8
the relevant Federal civil penalties. 9
SEC. 3. CONFORMING AMENDMENT. 10
Section 274A(h) of the Immigration and Nationality 11
Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)) is amended by striking para-12
graph (2). 13
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