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2011 SESSION

11100328D
HOUSE BILL NO. 1420
Offered January 12, 2011
Prefiled October 25, 2010
A BILL to establish the responsibility of the Superintendent of State Police to enter into an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning the enforcement of immigration laws.
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Patrons-- Albo, Anderson, Athey, Bell, Richard P., Bell, Robert B., Cleaveland, Cox, J.A., Crockett-Stark, Hugo, Iaquinto, Lingamfelter, Merricks, Peace, Poindexter, Robinson, Rust, Sherwood and Wilt
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Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  § 1. That the Superintendent of State Police or his designee shall on behalf of the Commonwealth seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as authorized under 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g), to permit the State Police to perform federal immigration law-enforcement functions in the Commonwealth.