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Assembly Bill A210

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires state police, police agencies and other departments to report to U.S. bureau of immigration and customs enforcement

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2009-A210 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง838-a, Exec L

2009-A210 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires reports to be made to the United States bureau of immigration and customs enforcement of any person present in the United States in violation of federal immigration laws who is arrested under state law or who is about to be released from a correctional facility, parole, or a county jail.

2009-A210 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                   210

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BENJAMIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requiring a report to
  be made to  the  United  States  bureau  of  immigration  and  customs
  enforcement of any person present in the United States in violation of
  federal  immigration laws who is arrested under state law or who comes
  within thirty days from being released from a  correctional  facility,
  parole or county jail

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section  838-a
to read as follows:
  S  838-A.  REPORTING  TO  THE  UNITED STATES BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND
CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT. 1. THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE AND EVERY POLICE AGEN-
CY IN THE STATE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION EIGHT OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED
THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL REPORT ANY  PERSON  WHO  IS  ARRESTED
UNDER  STATE LAW AND WHO IS REASONABLY SUSPECTED OF BEING PRESENT IN THE
UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION  LAWS  TO  THE  UNITED
STATES BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.
  2. THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONAL SERVICES, THE DIVISION OF PAROLE AND
COUNTY  JAIL  OFFICIALS  SHALL  NOTIFY THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF IMMI-
GRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OF ANY PERSON WHO IS INCARCERATED OR  IS
ON  PAROLE  AND  IS PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL
IMMIGRATION LAWS, WHO COMES WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM BEING RELEASED  FROM
A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, PAROLE OR COUNTY JAIL.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00348-01-9

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