SF 598

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 01/28/2025 09:41 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; ensuring that certain publicly funded state and local
institutions provide notice to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
when a suspected undocumented person is 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 deleted text begin OR MENTALLY ILL PERSONS deleted text end ; NOTICE TO UNITED
STATES IMMIGRATION OFFICERS.

new text begin (a) new text end When a person who is convicted of a felony deleted text begin or is found to be a person who is mentally
ill deleted text end is committed to the deleted text begin Minnesota Correctional Facility-Stillwater, the Minnesota Correctional
Facility-St. Cloud deleted text end new text begin custody of the commissioner of corrections new text end , deleted text begin the deleted text end new text begin a new text end 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
new text begin undocumented new text end 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 new text begin the conviction new text end and the deleted text begin reasons for deleted text end new text begin crime for which new text end the alien
deleted text begin commitment deleted text end new text begin was convicted new text end , (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.

new text begin (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 which 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
undocumented 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.
new text end

Sec. 2. new text begin INMATE IMMIGRATION STATUS REVIEW.
new text end

new text begin By September 1, 2025, the commissioner of corrections, chief executive officer, sheriff,
or other officer in charge of a state or county institution which 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 undocumented 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.
new text end