Dangerous Ohio immigration bill has PASSED the SENATE - now on to the HOUSE!
ALERT!
A highly disturbing anti-immigrant bill is moving quickly through the Ohio Statehouse --> SENATE PASSED yesterday 23-8 ! The bill now moves to the Ohio House of Representatives for consideration. It depends on when/if the house wants to take up next week, they could do a first hearing pending referral to committee (it would need to go through rules first). But if they wanted to move over the next two weeks, possible. As the budget is moving through conference, we need to monitor for possible inclusion in the budget bill as well. Read write up https://www.dispatch.com/.../ohio-senate.../84259943007/
Brief Summary
SB 172 allows federal, state, or local law enforcement officers to arrest people with or without a warrant for nearly any reason if they claim itβs related to immigration.
MORE DETAIL β What this bill does:
- Requires state and local public offices/officials to allow the arrest or detention of anyone who is β or is suspected of being β unlawfully present in the U.S.
- Allows such an arrest or detention to happen anywhere in Ohio under any circumstances (notwithstanding current law that extends a privilege from arrest in certain cases)
- Applies to arrests or detentions conducted by a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency or officer, with or without a warrant, and regardless of whether the proceedings are administrative, civil, or criminal in nature.
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The ACLU of Ohio has voiced strong opposition, arguing it grants broad authority to local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration laws without formal agreements with the federal government, according to the ACLU of Ohio. Democrats in the Senate have also criticized the bill, calling it "state-sponsored racial profiling." Other analysts have warned if it pass both houses and is signed into law by DeWine, OHIO will in effect become a POLICE STATE.
DON'T WAIT TO ACT ON THIS! Contact me to find out more info and please consider joining our actively involved NWOPC Immigrant Support and Defense Committee, fighting this bill along with 5 + other anti-immigration bills swiftly moving through the Ohio Assembly right now!
Susan Kuehn
Coordinator, NWOPC Immigrant Support and Defense Committee
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