[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1446 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1446

   To amend section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
    prohibit State and local officers and employees from performing 
                     immigration officer functions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2017

   Ms. Velazquez (for herself, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Moore, Mr. Soto, Ms. 
 McCollum, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Correa, Mr. McGovern, and 
Mr. Gutierrez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
    prohibit State and local officers and employees from performing 
                     immigration officer functions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No State Resources for Immigration 
Enforcement (NSRIE) Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON PERFORMANCE OF IMMIGRATION OFFICER FUNCTIONS BY 
              STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.

    Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357(g)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not enter into a 
written agreement with a State, or any political subdivision of a 
State, pursuant to which any officer or employee of the State or 
subdivision is authorized to carry out a function of an immigration 
officer in relation to the investigation, apprehension, or detention of 
aliens in the United States (including the transportation of such 
aliens across State lines to detention centers).''.
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