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Committee weighs S.148 noncooperation proposal and options to renegotiate CBP MOU amid capacity and legal concerns
Summary
Senate Judiciary members discussed S.148, which would add a Title 20 section limiting state and local law‑enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities and extend noncooperation protections to situations covered by existing Vermont statutes; the committee also debated the state’s memorandum of understanding with Customs and Border
Before the committee on April 18, legislative counsel presented S.148 as introduced, a bill that would add a new section to Title 20 (proposed section .372) prohibiting law‑enforcement agencies, officers, and persons acting on their behalf from knowingly providing information or expending state resources to assist federal immigration investigations or proceedings.
Legislative counsel said the bill defines "federal immigration authorities" to include the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and explicitly extends noncooperation requirements to situations covered by Vermont statutes referenced in the transcript (12 VSA 7306 and 18 VSA 4254, cited in discussion). Counsel summarized the operative provision: "no law enforcement agency, officer or any other person acting on behalf of a law enforcement agency may knowingly provide any information or expend or use time, money, facilities, property, equipment, personnel, or other resources in furtherance of any civil or criminal federal immigration investigation or proceeding."
Counsel emphasized statutory and…
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