North Dakota Immigration Status Verification and Fraud Reporting Act

Status: HopperState: North DakotaIssue: Immigration

Summary

The bill requires North Dakota public agencies to verify immigration or work authorization only when federally permitted and relevant, while protecting personal data, allowing record corrections, and reporting credible fraud to federal authorities. It does not create independent state immigration enforcement or restrict legally required emergency services.

Full text

This bill establishes a state Immigration Status Verification and Cooperation Program requiring state and local public agencies to verify an individual’s immigration or work-authorization status only when authorized or required by federal law and relevant to the service, benefit, employment, or transaction at issue. Agencies shall use available federal verification systems, protect personal information, provide notice and an opportunity to correct records when feasible, and refer credible evidence of identity or labor fraud to the appropriate federal authorities; the bill does not authorize independent immigration enforcement or deny emergency services required by law.

Sponsor

Walter LeBlancRepublican Party

Cosponsors

Hal BrennerRepublican Party

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