Bill Text: VA HB1934 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

Virginia House Bill 1934 (Prior Session Legislation)

VA State Legislature page for HB1934

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Bill Title: Immigration laws; State Police to enter into agreement with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-02-22 - Senate: Left in Courts of Justice [HB1934 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2011-HB1934-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1934 Offered January 12, 2011 Prefiled January 11, 2011 A BILL to establish the responsibility of the Superintendent of State Police to enter into an agreement with Immigration and Customs Enforcement concerning the enforcement of immigration laws. ----------
Patrons-- Miller, J.H., Athey, Bell, Robert B., Cox, J.A., Crockett-Stark, Lingamfelter, Poindexter, Rust and Sherwood
---------- Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the Superintendent of State Police or his designee shall on behalf of the Commonwealth seek to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the United States Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as authorized under 8 U.S.C. § 1357(g), to permit the State Police to perform federal immigration law-enforcement functions in the Commonwealth.