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Senate approves substitute House Bill 64 to create immigration enforcement strike force; heated debate on crime data
Summary
The Senate passed a substituted House Bill 64 to create a strike force administered through the attorney general to address serious criminal offenders regardless of immigration status. Floor debate included contested statistics on incarceration rates of undocumented persons and a failed amendment to narrow definitions.
Senator Jenkins presented first substitute House Bill 64 on March 11, 2009, which would establish a strike force to coordinate with federal immigration enforcement and to provide tools for identifying and removing serious criminal offenders. He described the measure as the final product from an interim immigration task force and said it would be run through the Attorney General's office.
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