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Committee reads resolution urging state lawmakers to back bill barring local agreements with federal immigration enforcement
Summary
The Wilmington Public Safety Committee on June 9 read a resolution urging the Delaware General Assembly to support House Bill 182, which would prohibit state and local law enforcement from entering agreements with federal immigration enforcement or sharing immigration‑enforcement data.
The Wilmington Public Safety Committee on June 9 read into the record a resolution urging the Delaware General Assembly to support House Bill 182, which would amend Title 11 of the Delaware Code to prohibit law enforcement agencies from entering into agreements with federal immigration enforcement authorities to enforce immigration violations or to share immigration‑enforcement related data.
Councilmember Stanley Owens is listed as the sponsor. Committee chair Yolanda McCoy read the resolution synopsis and said the item will be placed on the full City Council agenda for consideration on June 18. The committee did not take a committee vote; the resolution was read and scheduled for full‑council action.
Committee discussion did not include detailed legal analysis of HB 182 during the meeting; the committee record contains the resolution synopsis and a request for timely council consideration.
The resolution asks the General Assembly to amend state law (Title 11) consistent with the synopsis read in committee and seeks council support for the measure.
