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Judiciary Committee advances bill to limit data-sharing with immigration enforcement and restrict detainer holds
Summary
Representatives Garcia and Velasco presented Senate Bill 276, a broad package that would expand state limits on sharing personally identifying information with immigration enforcement, restrict detainer-based holds without a judicial warrant, and require policies for sensitive locations such as schools and health-care facilities.
Representatives Garcia and Velasco co-prime-sponsored Senate Bill 276, a sweeping package of provisions aimed at protecting personally identifying information, prohibiting use of local resources for routine civil immigration enforcement, and clarifying limits on detention and access by federal immigration authorities at courthouses, schools, health-care facilities and other sensitive locations.
In opening remarks Representative Garcia framed the bill as an effort to reaffirm constitutional protections — citing the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Amendments — and to prevent disruptions to court access after judges in one district issued orders warning ICE not to engage in civil immigration enforcement at courthouses. Representative Velasco walked…
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