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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- INTERSTATE | |
DETAINERS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Roberts, Quattrocchi, Place, Hopkins, Chippendale, | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 13-13 of the General Laws entitled "Interstate Detainers" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 13-13-9. Immigration detainers. |
4 | All state law enforcement agencies including, but not limited to, the division of sheriffs |
5 | and the department of corrections shall honor all detainer requests and any other holds from the |
6 | Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Custom Enforcement. Any person with a |
7 | detainer request or other hold, of which the state agency has been made aware, shall hold said |
8 | person in custody until Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can take custody of said |
9 | person. |
10 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO CRIMINALS -- CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS -- INTERSTATE | |
DETAINERS | |
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1 | This act would require state law enforcement agencies including the division of sheriffs |
2 | and the department of corrections, to honor all detainer requests from the Department of Homeland |
3 | Security and Immigration and Custom Enforcement until the federal agencies take custody of the |
4 | detained person. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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