[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9003 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9003

 To allow States to authorize State and local law enforcement officers 
   to enforce the provisions of Federal immigration law relating to 
                 unlawful entry into the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 28, 2022

  Mr. Gosar introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To allow States to authorize State and local law enforcement officers 
   to enforce the provisions of Federal immigration law relating to 
                 unlawful entry into the United States.

    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 ``Empowering States to Deport Illegal 
Immigrants Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO 
              ENFORCE CERTAIN FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS.

    (a) In General.--States may authorize State and local law 
enforcement officers to enforce provisions of Federal immigration law 
that prohibit the unlawful entry into the United States, including 
sections 271 through 280 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1321 through 1330).
    (b) Effect of Authorization on Supreme Court Ruling.--Subsection 
(a) effectively abrogates the 2012 decision of the Supreme Court in 
Arizona v. United States (567 U.S. 387).
    (c) Prosecution Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, State prosecutors are authorized to initiate prosecutions for 
violations of Federal immigration law referred to in subsection (a) in 
a United States District Court that has jurisdiction over--
            (1) the place at which any such violation occurred; or
            (2) the place at which the person charged for any such 
        violation is apprehended.
    (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 279 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1329) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, or by a State prosecutor pursuant to 
        section 2(c) of the Empowering States to Deport Illegal 
        Immigrants Act,'' before ``that arise''; and
            (2) by inserting ``It shall be the duty of the State 
        prosecutor of the appropriate State to prosecute every such 
        suit when brought by a State.'' after ``United States.''
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