Kansas AG introduces bill to outlaw “sanctuary cities”

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A invoice to formally outlaw sanctuary cities in the Sunflower Condition has been released in the Kansas Legislature.

On Wednesday, Feb. 23, Kansas Legal professional Standard Derek Schmidt says the Kansas Property of Reps launched laws at his request to outlaw “sanctuary cities” in the Sunflower Condition.

Earlier in February, Schmidt mentioned he would find legislation right after Wyandotte Co. adopted a nearby ordinance to limit the skill of lawful authorities to cooperate with federal immigration authorities as well as to authorize the issuance of municipal identification cards to undocumented immigrants.

At that time, the AG explained he was not sure state law prohibited the neighborhood actions but that the Legislature really should pass a state statute to stop community strategies to immigration enforcement from creating all over Kansas.

Schmidt explained municipalities that undertake these constraints on cooperating with immigration authorities are generally known as “sanctuary jurisdictions.”

“Citizens in the course of our point out deserve to know that where ever they may perhaps journey in Kansas, legislation enforcement officers are cooperating with federal and condition businesses to quite implement relevant regulation and are not obliged to turn a blind eye to some illegal conduct merely due to the fact of community politics,” Schmidt explained. “Particularly in gentle of the recent federal administration’s ongoing failure to protected our nation’s southwest border, this is an important legislation-and-order challenge during our state, not merely a make any difference for regional preference.”

The AG said Home Bill 2717 focuses on preventing local political interference with law enforcement cooperation with immigration enforcement and was modeled on very similar laws handed in Indiana in 2011. He reported the laws would:

• Prohibit municipalities from stopping legislation enforcement agencies from sharing information and facts or cooperating with immigration authorities
• Prohibit municipalities from limiting or limiting the enforcement of federal immigration regulation inside their jurisdiction
• Need legislation enforcement companies to notify officers they have a responsibility to cooperate with state and federal organizations and officers in the enforcement of immigration legislation

According to Schmidt, the proposed laws would also address the authority of metropolitan areas or counties to problem their have identification cards by demanding these playing cards not to be applied to satisfy identification prerequisites founded by point out law and need to bear the text “Not valid for point out ID.”

And lastly, Schmidt said the monthly bill would amend present condition legislation to make certain fraudulent use of a municipal identification card is a crime just as fraudulent use of a point out identification card currently is a criminal offense.

To browse a copy of the monthly bill, click on Listed here.

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