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House passes Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act after liability amendment fails
Summary
The Utah House passed House Bill 237, which authorizes the state to enter a Section 287 MOU with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security allowing trained state officers to perform certain federal immigration functions during regular duties; an amendment that would have clarified agency liability failed on the floor.
The Utah House passed House Bill 237, the Legal Immigration Enforcement Act, after a lengthy floor debate and a failed amendment that sought to clarify liability for civil-rights violations.
Representative Glenn Donaldson, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the measure directs the commissioner of the Department of Public Safety to enter an agreement with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to allow a limited number of specially trained state officers to perform some functions of federal immigration…
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