Posted: | March 21, 2017 12:26 PM |
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From: | Representative Martina A. White |
To: | All House members |
Subject: | Sanctuary City Legislation |
In the near future I will be re-introducing legislation to deal with sanctuary cities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This legislation would hold any municipality that has deemed themselves as a “sanctuary municipality” liable for damages to persons or property as a result of criminal activity by unauthorized aliens if:
The legislation also restricts an official or employee of the municipality from:
Under this legislation, if a law enforcement officer of a municipality has reasonable cause to believe that an individual that is being arrested is not legally present in the United States, he shall immediately report the individual to the appropriate United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office within the Department of Homeland Security. |
Introduced as HB28