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HRES 1384 111th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement administration and funding State and local government operations

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments, and State and local law enforcement personnel in the course of carrying out routine duties, have the inherent…

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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments, and State and local law enforcement personnel in the course of carrying out routine duties, have the inherent authority of a sovereign entity to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody aliens in the United States, for the purpose of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.

Introduced: May 20, 2010 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
Jul 26, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Jul 26, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
May 27, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
May 20, 2010
Referred to House Homeland Security
May 20, 2010
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
May 20, 2010
Referred to House Judiciary
May 20, 2010
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) states and state law enforcement personnel in the course of carrying out routine duties have the inherent authority to investigate, identify, arrest, detain, or transfer to federal custody aliens in the United States for purposes of U.S. immigration law enforcement; (2) state and local governments should be supported and reimbursed by the federal government for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration; (4) state and local governments that knowingly harbor illegal immigrants should be penalized; (5) current laws governing the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws should be enforced; (6) attrition through enforcement should be U.S. policy; and (7) legislation to enhance border security and enforcement of immigration laws should be passed quickly to ease state and local government burdens and increase national security.

What's happening now July 26, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3
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Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jun 22, 2010
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · May 28, 2010
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Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · May 28, 2010
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1384: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments, and State and local law enforcement personnel in the course of carrying out routine duties, have the inherent authority of a sovereign entity to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody aliens in the United States, for the purpose of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1384/
MLA
"H. Res. 1384: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments, and State and local law enforcement personnel in the course of carrying out routine duties, have the inherent authority of a sovereign entity to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody aliens in the United States, for the purpose of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1384/.
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H. Res. 1384, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1384/.
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[H. Res. 1384: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments, and State and local law enforcement personnel in the course of carrying out routine duties, have the inherent authority of a sovereign entity to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody aliens in the United States, for the purpose of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1384/)
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