Title: Amends State Criminal Code to Establish Illegal Entry Across the Border as a Class B Misdemeanor
Vote to pass a bill during the special session that amends state criminal code to establish illegal entry across the border as a class B misdemeanor offense and increases increases punishment for migrants who reenter the state illegally after having been forcibly removed at least once before.
Amends state criminal code to establish illegal entry across the border as a class B misdemeanor offense (Sec. 1-3).
Increases criminal punishment for migrants who reenter the state illegally after having been forcibly removed at least once and breaks penalties into the following catergories, including (Sec. 1-3):
If the individual’s removal was because of two or more misdemeanors involving drugs, crimes against a person, or both;
If the individual was excludable on the basis of terrorist activities;
If the individuals was previously removed by federal law regarding alien terrorist removal procedures; or
If the person was moved out of prison before their sentence was finished.
Authorizes law enforcement officers to arrest migrants in the country illegaly in previously prohibited locations, including (Sec. 1-3):
Public and private schools;
Churches, synagogues, and other religious spaces;
Healthcare facilities; and
SAFEready facilities.
Requires migrants arrested for any of the aforementioned penalites to be deported back to the country they had left and if they refuse receive a 20 year jail sentence (Sec. 1-3).
Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect 91 days after the final adjournment date of this legislative session (Sec. 9).
NOTE: THIS BILL WAS VOTED ON DURING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE
Title: Amends State Criminal Code to Establish Illegal Entry Across the Border as a Class B Misdemeanor
Vote to pass a bill during the special session that amends state criminal code to establish illegal entry across the border as a class B misdemeanor offense and increases increases punishment for migrants who reenter the state illegally after having been forcibly removed at least once before.
Amends state criminal code to establish illegal entry across the border as a class B misdemeanor offense (Sec. 1-3).
Increases criminal punishment for migrants who reenter the state illegally after having been forcibly removed at least once and breaks penalties into the following catergories, including (Sec. 1-3):
If the individual’s removal was because of two or more misdemeanors involving drugs, crimes against a person, or both;
If the individual was excludable on the basis of terrorist activities;
If the individuals was previously removed by federal law regarding alien terrorist removal procedures; or
If the person was moved out of prison before their sentence was finished.
Authorizes law enforcement officers to arrest migrants in the country illegaly in previously prohibited locations, including (Sec. 1-3):
Public and private schools;
Churches, synagogues, and other religious spaces;
Healthcare facilities; and
SAFEready facilities.
Requires migrants arrested for any of the aforementioned penalites to be deported back to the country they had left and if they refuse receive a 20 year jail sentence (Sec. 1-3).
Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect 91 days after the final adjournment date of this legislative session (Sec. 9).
NOTE: THIS BILL WAS VOTED ON DURING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE
Title: Amends State Criminal Code to Establish Illegal Entry Across the Border as a Class B Misdemeanor
NOTE: THIS BILL WAS VOTED ON DURING A SPECIAL SESSION OF THE LEGISLATURE