Immigration Cooperation Agreements.

This is a bill about federal immigration enforcement agreements between state law enforcement and the federal government.

• Federal immigration enforcement agreements: a document that says state and local law enforcement can help with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)  and other immigration related activities.

  • Law enforcement: Police officers, and the offices they work for.

  • US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): the part of the government in charge of trying to find undocumented people and make them leave the United States.

    • Undocumented people: People from a country outside the United States who are living in the United States without government papers

  • Immigration: rules about moving from one country to another

•  If this bill passes:

  • ICE and other federal immigration organizations must agree to these rules before law enforcement can make or renew an agreement with them:

    • Give their names and ranks at least seven days before enforcement actions.  

    • Follow all relevant state laws.  

    • Have uniforms, cars, and gear that would show people they are immigration enforcement and not police officers

    • Agree to attend court if they break any of the rules in this bill or do not follow state law

    • Agree to not ask a person about their personal immigration information without permission from the judge

    • Agree to not do  immigration related activities within 500 yards of polling places during voting hours.

    •   Do not use technology that could tell them who or where a person is like facial recognition, fingerprint scans, and more unless they are looking for an undocumented person who was found guilty of a violent crime. 

    •   Not enter someone’s home without a valid judicial warrant.  

      • Judicial warrant: a piece of paper from a judge that gives law enforcement permission to look around or talk to someone

    •  Agree that the Attorney General will look into shootings involving federal agents while they were on the job. The State will decide what to do about the shootings. 

  • Exception:

    • Police and immigration must follow these rules and get a judicial warrant before removing someone from the United States except for:

      • When officers have a criminal warrant for a person.

        • Criminal warrant: a piece of paper from a judge that gives law enforcement permission to send someone to jail.