Bill Description: House Bill 660 (H660) would require state and local law enforcement agencies to verify and record the immigration status and nationality of arrested individuals.

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Does it in any way restrict public access to information related to government activity or otherwise compromise government transparency, accountability, or election integrity? Conversely, does it increase public access to information related to government activity or increase government transparency, accountability, or election integrity?

H660 would require state and local law enforcement agencies to verify and record the immigration status and nationality of arrested individuals and publish a biannual report containing “the immigration status and nationality of criminal offenders; crime statistics related to foreign nationals arrested in Idaho, including the number of inadmissible aliens investigated, apprehended, detained, and transferred to federal officials; (and) the crimes for which such persons were arrested.” In effect, H660 would promote transparency by granting both the public and legislature a fuller picture of the total burden illegal immigration has on Idaho’s criminal justice system.

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