The Immigration Detainer Enforcement Act of 2024 would strengthen federal immigration enforcement by requiring state and local law enforcement agencies to comply with immigration detainers issued by the Department of Homeland Security and prohibiting them from restricting information sharing about individuals' immigration status. The bill would allow DHS to hold individuals for up to 48 hours after arrest if there is reason to believe they may be removable from the United States, and it would indemnify state and local agencies against lawsuits resulting from these detainers. To incentivize compliance, the legislation establishes a compensation program that would pay states and localities the average daily cost of incarceration for detaining undocumented immigrants convicted of felonies or multiple misdemeanors, with $750 million authorized for fiscal year 2025, increasing to $950 million annually through 2031. States and localities that fail to comply with detainer requests would lose eligibility for these federal payments and would be deprioritized for other law enforcement grants and equipment programs. The bill prohibits courts from reviewing DHS decisions to issue detainers and overrides state and local sanctuary policies that currently limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
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