Thread: OH - Bill would allow officers to arrest illegals

Bill would allow officers to arrest illegals
Wednesday, March 4, 2009

SPECIAL TO THE VINDICATOR

COLUMBUS — Designated local law enforcement would have authority to arrest illegal immigrants under legislation introduced in the Ohio Senate.

Senate Bill 35, sponsored by Sen. Jimmy Stewart, a Republican from Albany, would direct the attorney general to pursue an agreement with the U.S. Attorney General’s Office to provide jurisdiction to local officers. The move is allowed under federal legislation enacted more than a decade ago.

Officers would have to complete training and obtain written certification in immigration laws. Afterward, they would be authorized to investigate, arrest, detain and transport illegal immigrants.

Stewart, testifying before the Senate’s State and Local Government and Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday, said “hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants enter the United Statesâ€

So, Dixie, do you know....if officers are allowed to pick them up, would this include Oberlin, OH, who just declared itself a sanctuary city, or would local cops there still have their hands tied? The final resolution did say they wouldn't ask cops in Oberlin to not arrest them, but I'm sure if they want to keep their jobs it's understood they'll do what the council tells them to behind closed doors.

Federal and State officials can enter Oberlin, OH, and arrest illegal immigrants.

Here is the text of the legislation.

As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
S. B. No. 35

Senator Stewart

Cosponsor: Senator Seitz
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A BILL
To enact section 109.45 of the Revised Code to direct the Attorney General to pursue a memorandum of agreement that permits the enforcement of federal immigration laws in this state by law enforcement officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 109.45 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 109.45.

(A) The attorney general shall pursue a memorandum of agreement under the federal "Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 3009, 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), between the state of Ohio and the United States attorney general or the appropriate federal agency the United States attorney general designates, to permit the enforcement in this state of federal immigration laws, both criminal and civil, including the apprehension, detention, and investigation of illegal aliens located in this state.

(B) Any memorandum of agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be signed on behalf of this state by the Ohio attorney general or as the memorandum otherwise requires.

(C)
(1) The attorney general shall designate appropriate law enforcement officers to be trained in the enforcement of the relevant federal immigration laws as the memorandum of agreeement specifies. Any law enforcement officer the attorney general designates to receive training shall be trained as the memorandum specifies.

(2) A law enforcement officer who is certified as trained in accordance with the memorandum of agreement shall enforce the federal immigration laws the memorandum specifies while performing within the scope of that law enforcement officer's authorized duties.

(3) No law enforcement officer shall enforce the federal immigration laws specified in the memorandum of agreement unless that law enforcement officer has received the training this section requires.

Originally Posted by Dixie

Here is the text of the legislation.

As Introduced

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
S. B. No. 35

Senator Stewart

Cosponsor: Senator Seitz

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A BILL
To enact section 109.45 of the Revised Code to direct the Attorney General to pursue a memorandum of agreement that permits the enforcement of federal immigration laws in this state by law enforcement officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 109.45 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 109.45.

(A) The attorney general shall pursue a memorandum of agreement under the federal "Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996," 110 Stat. 3009, 8 U.S.C. 1357(g), between the state of Ohio and the United States attorney general or the appropriate federal agency the United States attorney general designates, to permit the enforcement in this state of federal immigration laws, both criminal and civil, including the apprehension, detention, and investigation of illegal aliens located in this state.

(B) Any memorandum of agreement entered into pursuant to this section shall be signed on behalf of this state by the Ohio attorney general or as the memorandum otherwise requires.

(C)
(1) The attorney general shall designate appropriate law enforcement officers to be trained in the enforcement of the relevant federal immigration laws as the memorandum of agreeement specifies. Any law enforcement officer the attorney general designates to receive training shall be trained as the memorandum specifies.

(2) A law enforcement officer who is certified as trained in accordance with the memorandum of agreement shall enforce the federal immigration laws the memorandum specifies while performing within the scope of that law enforcement officer's authorized duties.

(3) No law enforcement officer shall enforce the federal immigration laws specified in the memorandum of agreement unless that law enforcement officer has received the training this section requires.

Thanks so much, Dixie! Do you have a link for this? I'd like to send it to a mayor near Oberlin who was helping us fight there. He meets with all kinds of mayors every month and they could have some impact here with this maybe. I'll forward it to him and see if he can help.

[quote]“We cannot continue to sit back and watch illegal immigrants come into our state and take the jobs of the hard-working men and women we represent,â€

[quote="Populist"][quote]“We cannot continue to sit back and watch illegal immigrants come into our state and take the jobs of the hard-working men and women we represent,â€

Maybe they should tell it to the Jerks in DC....according to them everyone who gets in and has no criminal record is scott free!!! what crap huh!