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SB 641 Correctional facilities, certain; communication of results of immigration alien query.

Introduced by: Ryan T. McDougle | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Exemption from reporting citizenship status of prisoners for certain correctional facilities. Provides that a sheriff or other officer in charge of a jail shall communicate the results of any immigration alien query that confirm that a person committed to the jail is illegally present in the United States to the Local Inmate Data System. Currently, the sheriff or other officer must communicate the results of such queries regardless of whether the results confirm that such person is illegally present in the United States.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Exemption from reporting citizenship status of prisoners for certain correctional facilities. Exempts correctional facilities that make use of the Secure Communities program administered by U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement from notifying the Central Criminal Records Exchange as to the results of an inquiry of the immigration status of an inmate. Such results are automatically communicated through the Secure Communities program.