Mississippi Law Directs State Police to Compile Undocumented Immigrant List
The law requires the Mississippi Department of Public Safety to track names, addresses and immigration status for 2 years, raising concerns about profiling and deportations.
- On Wednesday, Mississippi's Department of Public Safety will begin compiling a list of immigrants living in the state illegally, collecting names, addresses, country of origin, and criminal history over two years.
- Republican state Sen. Angela Hill, the bill's sponsor, argued states must understand the 'magnitude of the problem' to assist federal efforts, contributing to a national trend of more than 100 immigration-related laws enacted this year.
- Mississippi has fewer than 28,000 immigrants residing without legal status, amounting to less than 1% of its population, according to the American Immigration Council; advocates warn the database invites profiling and erodes trust between police and communities.
- Efrén Olivares, vice president of litigation at the National Immigration Law Center, called the tracking effort 'practically unworkable,' noting people shift between legal statuses; he warned it is 'eerily reminiscent of other countries that have created lists of certain groups.'
- The measure mirrors a 2021 executive order by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis directing the state to identify individuals transported from the border, though that Florida agency did not provide results, highlighting operational uncertainty.
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Mississippi pushes bold move to track illegal immigration
Mississippi is poised to implement a new law that could lead to a registry of sorts that would list all the illegal immigrants living in the state. Set to go into effect on Wednesday, the new law says the state Department of Public Safety “may use all reasonable lawful investigative means available” in determining the identities and number of all “illegal aliens” in Mississippi. Their names, addresses, and country of origin would also be include…
Mississippi pushes bold move to track illegal immigration · American Wire News
Mississippi is poised to implement a new law that could lead to a registry of sorts that would list all the illegal immigrants living in the state. Set to go into effect on Wednesday, the new law says the state Department of Public Safety “may use all reasonable lawful investigative means available” in determining the identities and number of all “illegal aliens” in Mississippi. Their names, addresses, and country of origin would also be include…
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Los Angeles TimesUna ley podría crear una lista de migrantes sin autorización en Mississippi y alarma a defensores
Una nueva ley de Mississippi autorizará a la principal agencia de seguridad pública del estado a elaborar una lista de todos los inmigrantes que viven en el estado sin permiso
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