Publicly funded state and local institutions required to provide notice to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement when certain noncitizens are being housed in a facility under the institution's control.

A bill for an act

relating to public safety; ensuring certain publicly funded state and local institutions

provide notice to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement when

certain noncitizens are being housed in a facility under the institution's control;

amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 631.50.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 631.50, is amended to read:

631.50 ALIEN INMATES OR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; NOTICE TO UNITED

STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.

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(a)
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When a person who is
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either placed in pretrial confinement or
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convicted of a
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felony

or is found to be a person who is mentally ill
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criminal offense
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is committed to the
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Minnesota

Correctional Facility-Stillwater, the Minnesota Correctional Facility-St. Cloud
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custody of

the commissioner of corrections
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,
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the
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a
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county jail, or any other state or county institution

which is supported, wholly or in part, by public funds, the chief executive officer, sheriff,

or other officer in charge of the state or county institution shall at once inquire into the

nationality of the person. If it appears that the person is an alien, the officer shall immediately

notify the United States immigration officer in charge of the district in which the correctional

facility, jail, or other institution is located of (1) the date of
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the charges or conviction
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and

the
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reasons for
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crimes for which
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the alien
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commitment
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was charged or convicted
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, (2) the

length of time for which committed, (3) the country of which the alien is a citizen, and (4)

the date on which and the port at which the alien last entered the United States.

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(b) When a person who is found to be either a person who has a mental illness and is

dangerous to the public, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 17, or a person who

poses a risk of harm due to mental illness, as defined in section 253B.02, subdivision 17a,

is committed to a state or county institution that is supported, wholly or in part, by public

funds, the chief executive officer or other officer in charge of the state or county institution

shall at once inquire into the nationality of the person. If it appears that the person is an

alien, the officer shall immediately notify the United States immigration officer in charge

of the district in which the institution is located of (1) the date of and the reasons for the

alien commitment, (2) the length of time for which the alien is committed, (3) the country

of which the alien is a citizen, and (4) the date on which and the port at which the alien last

entered the United States.

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Sec. 2.
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INMATE IMMIGRATION STATUS REVIEW.
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By July 1, 2026, the commissioner of corrections, chief executive officer, sheriff, or

other officer in charge of a state or county institution that is supported, wholly or in part,

by public funds that houses persons serving a felony sentence shall inquire into the nationality

of each person in their custody who is serving a felony sentence. If it appears that the person

is an alien, the officer shall immediately notify the United States immigration officer in

charge of the district in which the correctional facility, jail, or other institution is located of

(1) the date of the conviction and the crime for which the alien was convicted, (2) the length

of time for which the alien is committed, (3) the country of which the alien is a citizen, and

(4) the date on which and the port at which the alien last entered the United States.

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