Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that limits how local law enforcement agencies assist federal immigration officials in Maine.

Highlights:

• Prohibits Maine’s law enforcement agencies from investigating, detaining, or arresting an individual for immigration enforcement except under certain circumstances (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits individuals detained for the sole purpose of immigration enforcement from being detained for a period longer than 48 hours (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement personnel from serving under or operating as a liaison to federal agencies (Sec. 1).

• Limits the use of law enforcement office space by immigration authorities (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits law enforcement personnel from transferring an individual to an immigration authority except at the direction of a court order or criminal warrant (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement personnel from taking certain investigatory actions unless an individual has been charged with or convicted of a criminal offense (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that law enforcement personnel may investigate suspected violations of immigration law detected during unrelated law enforcement activity (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that law enforcement personnel may cooperate with joint law enforcement task forces that are primarily unrelated to immigration enforcement (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits state employees not employed for purposes related to law enforcement from inquiring about an individual’s immigration status unless necessary by law (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that law enforcement agencies may still comply with information requests as required by law (Sec. 1).

• Requires that law enforcement agencies make an individual aware of certain rights before being interviewed by an immigration authority (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement from limiting access to in-custody educational or rehabilitative programs based on immigration status (Sec. 1)

• Prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering immigration status in determining an inmate's custodial classification level (Sec. 1).

• Requires that law enforcement agencies retain indefinitely a copy of all requests made by immigration authorities, any accompanying documentation, and certain identifying information on the inmate subject to the request (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that limits how local law enforcement agencies assist federal immigration officials in Maine.

Highlights:

• Prohibits Maine’s law enforcement agencies from investigating, detaining, or arresting an individual for immigration enforcement except under certain circumstances (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits individuals detained for the sole purpose of immigration enforcement from being detained for a period longer than 48 hours (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement personnel from serving under or operating as a liaison to federal agencies (Sec. 1).

• Limits the use of law enforcement office space by immigration authorities (Sec. 1). 

• Prohibits law enforcement personnel from transferring an individual to an immigration authority except at the direction of a court order or criminal warrant (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement personnel from taking certain investigatory actions unless an individual has been charged with or convicted of a criminal offense (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that law enforcement personnel may investigate suspected violations of immigration law detected during unrelated law enforcement activity (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that law enforcement personnel may cooperate with joint law enforcement task forces that are primarily unrelated to immigration enforcement (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits state employees not employed for purposes related to law enforcement from inquiring about an individual’s immigration status unless necessary by law (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that law enforcement agencies may still comply with information requests as required by law (Sec. 1).

• Requires that law enforcement agencies make an individual aware of certain rights before being interviewed by an immigration authority (Sec. 1).

• Prohibits law enforcement from limiting access to in-custody educational or rehabilitative programs based on immigration status (Sec. 1)

• Prohibits law enforcement agencies from considering immigration status in determining an inmate's custodial classification level (Sec. 1).

• Requires that law enforcement agencies retain indefinitely a copy of all requests made by immigration authorities, any accompanying documentation, and certain identifying information on the inmate subject to the request (Sec. 1).

Full Bill Text