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Senate Judiciary reviews amendment to require governor sign-off on local immigration agreements
Summary
The Senate Judiciary took an initial review Feb. 28 of a proposed amendment to S.44 that would remove an emergency exception and require gubernatorial authorization before state, county or municipal law enforcement can enter agreements with federal immigration or customs authorities.
The Senate Judiciary chair opened a Feb. 28 committee discussion of a proposed committee amendment (draft 1.1) to S.44, a condensed immigration bill, saying the amendment was on the screen and available to witnesses.
Rick Sable, representing the Office of Blittsland Council, walked the committee through the draft. Sable said the amendment would keep the existing statutory language that requires the governor — in consultation with the attorney general — to authorize agreements between the state and federal immigration or customs authorities, and would remove the current carve-out that allows local agencies to enter such agreements during a declared state or national emergency. “No state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency or officer shall enter into 1 of these agreements unless the governor authorized the agreement,” Sable said, summarizing the amendment’s clarified language.
The amendment as…
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