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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 756 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify |
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| 6 | 6 | | congressional intent with respect to agreements under such section, and |
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| 7 | 7 | | for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY28, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | LOUD(for himself, Mr. ROY, Mr. OGLES, Mr. BABIN, Mr. HARRISof |
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| 12 | 12 | | Maryland, Ms. T |
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| 13 | 13 | | ENNEY, Mr. BIGGSof Arizona, and Mr. NEHLS) intro- |
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| 14 | 14 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju- |
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| 15 | 15 | | diciary |
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| 16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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| 17 | 17 | | To amend section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality |
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| 18 | 18 | | Act to clarify congressional intent with respect to agree- |
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| 19 | 19 | | ments under such section, 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 ‘‘287(g) Program Pro-4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | tection Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT. 6 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality 7 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) is amended— 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘the Attorney 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | General may enter’’ and all that follows through the 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | period at the end and inserting the following: ‘‘the 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Secretary of Homeland Security shall enter into a 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | written agreement with a State, or any political sub-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | division of a State, upon request of the State or po-6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | litical subdivision, pursuant to which law enforce-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | ment officers of the State or subdivision, who are 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | determined by the Secretary to be qualified to per-9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | form a function of an immigration officer in relation 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | to the investigation, apprehension, or detention of 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | aliens in the United States (including the transpor-12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | tation of such aliens across State lines to detention 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | centers), may carry out such function at the expense 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | of the State or political subdivision. No request from 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | a bona fide State or political subdivision or bona fide 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | law enforcement agency shall be denied absent a 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | compelling reason, and the Secretary shall notify the 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Congress and publish in the Federal Register an ex-19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | planation for those reasons at least 180 days in ad-20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | vance of making final the denial. No limit on the 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | number of agreements under this subsection may be 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | imposed. The Secretary shall process requests for 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | such agreements with all due haste, and in no case 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | shall more than 90 days elapse from the date the re-25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | quest is made until the agreement is consummated. 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | For purposes of this subsection, any reference to a 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | political subdivision shall be construed to include any 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | law enforcement or corrections agency of the polit-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ical subdivision.’’; 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (2) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | such term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (10) as paragraphs (5) through (13), respectively; 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (4) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | lowing: 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ‘‘(2) An agreement under this subsection shall 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | accommodate a requesting State or political subdivi-13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | sion with respect to the enforcement model or com-14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | bination of models, and shall accommodate a patrol 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | model, task force model, jail model, any combination 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | thereof, or any other reasonable model the State or 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | political subdivision believes is best suited to the im-18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | migration enforcement needs of its jurisdiction. 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(3) No Federal program or technology directed 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | broadly at identifying inadmissible or deportable 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | aliens shall substitute for such agreements, including 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | those establishing a jail model, and shall operate in 23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | addition to any agreement under this subsection. 24 |
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| 86 | 86 | | ‘‘(4)(A) No agreement under this subsection 1 |
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| 87 | 87 | | may be terminated absent a compelling reason. 2 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(B)(i) The Secretary shall provide a State or 3 |
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| 89 | 89 | | political subdivision written notice of intent to termi-4 |
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| 90 | 90 | | nate at least 180 days prior to date of intended ter-5 |
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| 91 | 91 | | mination, and the notice shall fully explain the 6 |
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| 92 | 92 | | grounds for termination, along with providing evi-7 |
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| 93 | 93 | | dence substantiating the Secretary’s allegations. 8 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ‘‘(ii) In order to determine whether the require-9 |
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| 95 | 95 | | ments of this paragraph have been satisfied, the 10 |
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| 96 | 96 | | State or political subdivision shall have the right— 11 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ‘‘(I) to appeal the decision of the Secretary 12 |
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| 98 | 98 | | to an administrative law judge for a hearing 13 |
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| 99 | 99 | | and decision; or 14 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(II) to bring a civil action in an appro-15 |
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| 101 | 101 | | priate court of jurisdiction. 16 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘‘(C) The agreement shall remain in full effect 17 |
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| 103 | 103 | | during the course of any and all legal proceedings.’’; 18 |
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| 104 | 104 | | and 19 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (5) in paragraph (6) (as redesignated), by add-20 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ing at the end the following: ‘‘The Secretary of 21 |
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| 107 | 107 | | Homeland Security shall implement uniform training 22 |
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| 108 | 108 | | requirements for law enforcement officers who are, 23 |
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| 109 | 109 | | or will be, performing a function of an immigration 24 |
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| 110 | 110 | | officer under this subsection. The training require-25 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ments shall align with Federal Law Enforcement 1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | Training Center standards for training under this 2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | subsection (as in effect of the date of the enactment 3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | of this sentence).’’. 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | SEC. 3. FUNDING. 5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | Section 286(r) of the Immigration and Nationality 6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(r)) is amended— 7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (1) in the subsection heading, by striking 8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ‘‘B |
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| 123 | 123 | | REACHEDBOND/DETENTIONFUND’’ and insert-9 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ing ‘‘B |
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| 125 | 125 | | REACHEDBOND/DETENTION/287(g) FUND’’; 10 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (2) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 11 |
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| 127 | 127 | | such term appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of 12 |
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| 128 | 128 | | Homeland Security’’; 13 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (3) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Breached 14 |
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| 130 | 130 | | Bond/Detention’’ and inserting ‘‘Breached Bond/De-15 |
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| 131 | 131 | | tention/287(g)’’; 16 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (4) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Department 17 |
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| 133 | 133 | | of Justice’’ and inserting ‘‘Department of Homeland 18 |
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| 134 | 134 | | Security’’; and 19 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (5) in paragraph (3)— 20 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the 21 |
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| 137 | 137 | | end and inserting a semicolon; 22 |
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| 138 | 138 | | (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 23 |
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| 139 | 139 | | the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 24 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 25 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ‘‘(iv) for expenses associated with admin-1 |
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| 145 | 145 | | istering section 287(g).’’. 2 |
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| 146 | 146 | | SEC. 4. REQUIREMENTS ON SECRETARY. 3 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (a) A |
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| 148 | 148 | | NNUALPERFORMANCE REPORT.—Not later 4 |
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| 149 | 149 | | than December 31 of the first fiscal year that begins after 5 |
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| 150 | 150 | | the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than 6 |
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| 151 | 151 | | December 31 of each year thereafter, the Secretary of 7 |
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| 152 | 152 | | Homeland Security shall publish an annual performance 8 |
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| 153 | 153 | | report on the program under section 287(g) of the Immi-9 |
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| 154 | 154 | | gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) that in-10 |
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| 155 | 155 | | cludes at least the following information: 11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | (1) The number of aliens apprehended and 12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | screened by law enforcement through the program. 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (2) The number of aliens removed from the 14 |
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| 159 | 159 | | United States as a result of the program. 15 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (3) The number of aliens described in para-16 |
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| 161 | 161 | | graph (1) who were not removed and an explanation 17 |
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| 162 | 162 | | for why they were not removed. 18 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (4) The methods being used to conduct over-19 |
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| 164 | 164 | | sight of each law enforcement agency participating 20 |
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| 165 | 165 | | under the program. 21 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (5) The number of law enforcement agencies in 22 |
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| 167 | 167 | | compliance with the program’s training require-23 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ments. 24 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (6) The number of complaints filed against law 1 |
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| 173 | 173 | | enforcement agencies claiming they did not comply 2 |
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| 174 | 174 | | their written agreement entered into under such sec-3 |
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| 175 | 175 | | tion. 4 |
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| 176 | 176 | | (7) The number of law enforcement agencies 5 |
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| 177 | 177 | | that had such written agreement terminated. 6 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (8) The reasons for such termination. 7 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (b) A |
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| 180 | 180 | | NNUALRECRUITMENTPLAN.—Not later than 8 |
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| 181 | 181 | | December 31 of the first fiscal year that begins after the 9 |
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| 182 | 182 | | date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than De-10 |
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| 183 | 183 | | cember 31 of each year thereafter, the Secretary of Home-11 |
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| 184 | 184 | | land Security shall publish an annual recruitment plan 12 |
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| 185 | 185 | | with respect to the program under section 287(g) of the 13 |
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| 186 | 186 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(g)) that 14 |
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| 187 | 187 | | includes at least the following information: 15 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (1) Annual goals for the next five years for re-16 |
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| 189 | 189 | | cruitment of new States and political subdivisions of 17 |
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| 190 | 190 | | States to participate in the program. 18 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (2) The number of new States and political sub-19 |
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| 192 | 192 | | divisions of States participating in the program each 20 |
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| 193 | 193 | | year. 21 |
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| 194 | 194 | | (3) A description of the outreach to States and 22 |
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| 195 | 195 | | political subdivisions of States conducted for the 23 |
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| 196 | 196 | | program and the other methods used to achieve re-24 |
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| 197 | 197 | | cruitment goals. 25 |
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| 201 | 201 | | (4) The number of requests for agreements re-1 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ceived, approved, denied, and pending approval. 2 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (c) R |
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| 204 | 204 | | ULEMAKING.—Not later than 180 days after the 3 |
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| 205 | 205 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-4 |
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| 206 | 206 | | land Security shall publish a notice of rulemaking with 5 |
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| 207 | 207 | | respect to the training requirements under section 6 |
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| 208 | 208 | | 287(g)(6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 7 |
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| 209 | 209 | | U.S.C. 1357(g)(6)), as added by section 2(5). 8 |
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