States that limit cooperation may not be paid for jailing criminal aliens
What the document says“Amounts made available under this subsection shall be distributed to more than 1 State.”
The section funds compensating a State or political subdivision for jailing an alien convicted of a felony or two or more misdemeanors who entered without inspection or away from a designated place, was in removal proceedings when taken into custody, or had failed to keep their nonimmigrant status. It requires the money to go to more than one State, and bars payment to a State or subdivision that prohibits or restricts anyone from complying with the immigration laws, cooperating with federal enforcement, asking about citizenship or immigration status, telling the federal government about people encountered, or answering federal requests for that information.
What the document actually says“Amounts made available under this subsection shall be distributed to more than 1 State.”
The money must go to more than one state. It may not all land in a single place.
It pays states for jailing certain aliens. A state that blocks cooperation is cut off. Five kinds of block are listed.
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