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Heated testimony for and against House File 16 after sponsor moves to refer bill on reporting to ICE
Summary
Representative Reimer presented House File 16 on March 12; the chair moved to refer the bill, which would require reporting certain noncitizen arrestees to ICE and constrain local noncooperation policies, to the House Elections, Finance and Government Operations Committee.
Representative Reimer presented House File 16 to the Minnesota House Public Safety Committee on March 12 and the chair moved the bill before the committee with a recommendation that it be re‑referred to the House Elections, Finance and Government Operations Committee. The bill requires that arrests of people present unlawfully in the United States on suspicion of specified violent crimes be reported to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and seeks to limit state or local policies that restrict information sharing with federal immigration authorities.
Charles Thayer testified about the 2024 murder of his mother and urged lawmakers to support mandatory reporting so potentially dangerous noncitizen offenders can be considered for deportation. David Zimmer of the Center of the American…
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