Bill Text: VA HB1001 | 2013 | Regular Session | Prefiled


Bill Title: Immigration laws; agreement with United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-11-30 - Left in Courts of Justice [HB1001 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2013-HB1001-Prefiled.html
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HOUSE BILL NO. 1001
Offered January 11, 2012
Prefiled January 11, 2012
A BILL to establish the responsibility of the Superintendent of State Police to enter into an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning the enforcement of immigration laws.
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Patrons-- Ramadan, Miller, Albo, Cole, Cox, J.A., Crockett-Stark, Helsel, Hodges, Morris, Poindexter and Webert; Senator: Stanley
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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, limited by such agreement to those immigration law-enforcement functions performed by such State Police officers following the arrest of an alien.

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