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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

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Roberts, Quattrocchi, Place, Hopkins, Chippendale,
Fascia, Santucci, and Nardone

     Date Introduced: February 26, 2025

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Chapter 13-13 of the General Laws entitled "Interstate Detainers" is hereby

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amended by adding thereto the following section:

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     13-13-9. Immigration detainers.

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     All state law enforcement agencies including, but not limited to, the division of sheriffs

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and the department of corrections shall honor all detainer requests and any other holds from the

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Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Custom Enforcement. Any person with a

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detainer request or other hold, of which the state agency has been made aware, shall hold said

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person in custody until Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) can take custody of said

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person.

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     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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     This act would require state law enforcement agencies including the division of sheriffs

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and the department of corrections, to honor all detainer requests from the Department of Homeland

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Security and Immigration and Custom Enforcement until the federal agencies take custody of the

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detained person.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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