Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that State and local governments, and State and local law enforcement personnel in the course of carrying out routine duties, have the inherent authority of a sovereign entity to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody aliens in the United States, for the purpose of assisting in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.

Action history

1. 2010-07-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
2. 2010-07-26Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
3. 2010-05-27Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
4. 2010-05-20Introduced in House
5. 2010-05-20Referred to House Judiciary
6. 2010-05-20Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
7. 2010-05-20Referred to House Homeland Security