101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0338

 

Introduced , by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
5 ILCS 805/15

    Amends the Illinois TRUST Act. Provides that nothing shall be construed as restricting an expenditure or activity necessary to perform by the State, a unit of local government, or law enforcement agency, or other State or unit of local government agency, official, employee, or agent of any obligations under any contract between the State, the unit of local government, law enforcement agency, or other State or local government agency and federal officials regarding the use of a facility to detain persons in federal immigration removal proceedings, as long as the detention is not based solely on a civil immigration detainer. Provides that nothing shall be construed as restricting or limiting the transfer of a person lawfully in the custody of a unit of the State, a unit of local government, a law enforcement agency, or other State or local government agency to federal officials, including immigration agents, provided the person is not otherwise eligible for release from custody, and the detention is not prolonged by that unit of the State, unit of local government, law enforcement agency, or other State or local government agency.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois TRUST Act is amended by changing
5Section 15 as follows:
 
6    (5 ILCS 805/15)
7    Sec. 15. Prohibition on enforcing federal civil
8immigration laws.
9    (a) A law enforcement agency or law enforcement official
10shall not detain or continue to detain any individual solely on
11the basis of any immigration detainer or non-judicial
12immigration warrant or otherwise comply with an immigration
13detainer or non-judicial immigration warrant.
14    (b) A law enforcement agency or law enforcement official
15shall not stop, arrest, search, detain, or continue to detain a
16person solely based on an individual's citizenship or
17immigration status.
18    (c) This Section 15 does not apply if a law enforcement
19agency or law enforcement official is presented with a valid,
20enforceable federal warrant. Nothing in this Section 15
21prohibits communication between federal agencies or officials
22and law enforcement agencies or officials.
23    (d) A law enforcement agency or law enforcement official

 

 

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1acting in good faith in compliance with this Section who
2releases a person subject to an immigration detainer or
3non-judicial immigration warrant shall have immunity from any
4civil or criminal liability that might otherwise occur as a
5result of making the release, with the exception of willful or
6wanton misconduct.
7    (e) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as
8restricting an expenditure or activity necessary to perform by
9the State, a unit of local government, or law enforcement
10agency, or other State or unit of local government agency,
11official, employee, or agent of any obligations under any
12contract between the State, the unit of local government, law
13enforcement agency, or other State or local government agency
14and federal officials regarding the use of a facility to detain
15persons in federal immigration removal proceedings, as long as
16the detention is not based solely on a civil immigration
17detainer.
18    (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed as
19restricting or limiting the transfer of a person lawfully in
20the custody of a unit of the State, a unit of local government,
21a law enforcement agency, or other State or local government
22agency to federal officials, including immigration agents,
23provided the person is not otherwise eligible for release from
24custody, and the detention is not prolonged by that unit of the
25State, unit of local government, law enforcement agency, or
26other State or local government agency.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 100-463, eff. 8-28-17.)