States Gain Power to Enforce Immigration Laws
This bill allows states and their local governments to enforce immigration laws independently. This means they can create their own criminal and civil penalties for immigration violations, as long as these penalties are not stricter than federal ones. This could lead to different immigration enforcement approaches depending on the state you live in.
Key points
States and local governments can enact and enforce their own criminal and civil immigration penalties.
State penalties cannot exceed federal penalties for the same violations.
This change may affect how immigration issues are handled at the local level.
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