HB 29, proposed by Delegate Gutierrez, proposes to give illegal immigrants special privileges.  One of the proposed changes to existing law:

(B) WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE FROM  STATE OR LOCAL CUSTODY, A LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ANY OTHER  GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL MAY NOT CONTINUE TO DETAIN THE INDIVIDUAL ON THE BASIS OF AN IMMIGRATION DETAINER.

At present, it is a crime to be in this country illegally.  Releasing this person from custody even though there is a current detainer, allows a group of people to be exempt from current, codified law.

Further,

(D) A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL MAY NOT STOP, ARREST, SEARCH, OR DETAIN AN INDIVIDUAL FOR THE PURPOSE OF INVESTIGATING A SUSPECTED IMMIGRATION VIOLATION OR BASED ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE WARRANT IN THE NATIONAL CRIME INFORMATION CENTER DATABASE.

An administrative warrant, per Cornell Law, is,

A warrant issued by a judge on the application of an administrative agency.

If administrative warrants are enforced on only some of us, those who are exempt from such warrants are held to a different standard than the rest of us.

Hearing 1/28, 1:00 p.m.  HEARING CANCELED

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