South Carolina Immigration Enforcement Cooperation and Local Compliance Act - State Bills

Summary

This bill would require South Carolina state and local agencies to cooperate with lawful federal immigration detainers and information-sharing requests, while banning local sanctuary-style policies that limit that cooperation. It also lets the State Attorney General investigate violations, seek court orders, and withhold certain state grant funds from jurisdictions that refuse to comply, subject to constitutional and legal exceptions.

Full text

This bill requires state and local law enforcement agencies and relevant state agencies in South Carolina to comply with lawful federal immigration detainers and information-sharing requests to the fullest extent permitted by federal and state law, prohibits any county, municipality, or other local jurisdiction from adopting or enforcing a sanctuary-style policy that restricts such cooperation, and authorizes the State Attorney General to investigate violations, seek injunctive relief, and withhold specified state grant funds from noncompliant jurisdictions, while preserving exceptions required by court order, constitutional protections, and services mandated by law.