Sec. 2. Authorization of State and local law enforcement officers to enforce certain Federal immigration laws
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States may authorize State and local law enforcement officers to enforce provisions of Federal immigration law that prohibit the unlawful entry into the United States, including sections 271 through 280 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1321 through 1330). Subsection
(a)effectively abrogates the 2012 decision of the Supreme Court in Arizona v. United States (567 U.S. 387). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, State prosecutors are authorized to initiate prosecutions for violations of Federal immigration law referred to in subsection
(a)in a United States District Court that has jurisdiction over— the place at which any such violation occurred; or the place at which the person charged for any such violation is apprehended. Section 279 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1329 ) is amended— by inserting , or by a State prosecutor pursuant to section 2(c) of the before Empowering States to Deport Illegal Immigrants Act , that arise ; and by inserting It shall be the duty of the State prosecutor of the appropriate State to prosecute every such suit when brought by a State. after United States.
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Authorization of State and local law enforcement officers to enforce certain Federal immigration laws
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