The proposed law would prohibit any employee of a state agency from releasing personal identifying information (PPI) that is not already publicly available for the purpose of investigating for, participating in, cooperating with, or assisting in federal immigration enforcement. The law would also apply to motor vehicle records. State agencies could release PPI in order to comply with a court-issued subpoena, warrant, or order.
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (June 3, 2021) – On Monday, the Illinois Senate gave final approval to a bill that would limit state cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
Sen. Omar Aquino (D-Chicago) introduced Senate Bill 667 (SB667) on Feb. 25. The legislation would expand the Illinois Trust Act passed in 2017. This law prohibits state and local police from holding a person solely on the basis of a federal immigration detainer. SB667 would expand the law to prohibit law enforcement officers from inquiring about or investigating the citizenship, immigration status or place of birth of any individual in custody, or who has otherwise been stopped or detained.
This provision basically would basically do an end-run around 8 USC 1373. Under this law, states and localities cannot ban information sharing with the feds related to a person’s immigration status. But if state and local law enforcement officers are prohibited from asking about immigration of citizenship status, they can�
New Hampshire House Passes Bill to End State Enforcement of Federal Gun Control
CONCORD, N.H. (June 6, 2021) – Last Thursday, the New Hampshire House passed a bill that would ban state and local enforcement of most federal gun control; past, present and future. Enactment into law would represent an important first step toward bringing those measures to an end within the state.
A coalition of nine Republicans introduced Senate Bill 154 (SB154) on Feb. 4. As passed by the House last week, the legislation would prohibit any political subdivision of the state, and any person acting under the color of state, county, or municipal law, from using any personnel or financial resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with any law, act, rule, order, or regulation of the United States Government or presidential executive order that is inconsistent with any state law regarding the regulation of firearms, ammunition, magazines or the ammunition feeding devices, firearm components, firea
The legislation would prohibit any person from enforcing a federal act, law, statute, rule, regulation, treaty, or order that takes effect on or after January 1, 2021, if it bans or restricts semi-automatic firearms, assault weapons, or magazines; requires registration of firearms, magazines, or other firearm accessories; regulates the capacity of magazines; regulates the quantity of ammunition or bullets an individual may possess; prohibits types of ammunition or bullets; or requires the confiscation of a firearm if the federal act isn’t identical to existing state law.
Republican Party leaders finally called out Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene a supporter of QAnon and the big lie about the 2020 election after she compared health measures requiring facemasks, to Jews in the Holocaust forced to wear Stars of David. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called the parallel “appalling,” while Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called it “absolutely outrageous and reprehensible.” They and other GOP leaders have given no indication, however, that they will sanction Greene.