State and Local "Sanctuary" Policies Limiting Participation in Immigration Enforcement.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens.

Constitutional law.

Federal government.

Emigration and immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (23 p), digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Discusses legal issues related to State and local measures that limit law enforcement cooperation with Federal immigration authorities. Provides brief overview of constitutional principles informing relationship between Federal immigration authorities and State and local jurisdictions. Discusses various types of measures adopted or considered by States and localities to limit their participation in Federal immigration enforcement efforts, including limiting police investigations into immigration status of persons with whom they come in contact; declining to honor Federal immigration authorities requests that certain aliens be held until those authorities may assume custody; shielding certain unlawfully present aliens from detection by Federal immigration authorities; and amending or applying State criminal laws so as to reduce or eliminate immigration consequences that might result from criminal conviction of an alien.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed May 2014). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division. State and Local "Sanctuary" Policies Limiting Participation in Immigration Enforcement

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