,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #didh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bg1
 #bjbb,mr4 ,hawley introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to allow ,states
 to authorize ,state and local law      
enforcement officers to enforce the     
provisions of ,federal immigration law  
relating to unlawful entry into the     
,united ,states4  #a4 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,empowering   
,states to ,deport ,illegal ,immigrants 
,act4  #b4 ,authorization of ,state and 
local law enforcement officers to       
enforce certain ,federal immigration    
laws  7a7 ,in general ,states may       
authorize ,state and local law          
enforcement officers to enforce         
provisions of ,federal immigration law  
that prohibit the unlawful entry into   
the ,united ,states1 including sections 
#bga through #bhj of the ,immigration   
and ,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4     

#acba through #accj74  7b7 ,effect of   
authorization on ,supreme ,court ruling 
,subsection 7a7 effectively abrogates   
the #bjab decision of the ,supreme      
,court in ,arizona v4 ,united ,states   
7#efg ,u4,s4 #chg74  7c7 ,prosecution   
authority ,notwithstanding any other    
provision of law1 ,state prosecutors are
 authorized to initiate prosecutions for
 violations of ,federal immigration law 
referred to in subsection 7a7 in a      
,united ,states ,district ,court that   
has jurisdiction over-- 7#a7 the place  
at which any such violation occurred2 or
  7#b7 the place at which the person    
charged for any such violation is       
apprehended4  7d7 ,conforming amendment 
,section #bgi of the ,immigration and   
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #acbi7  
is amended-- 7#a7 by inserting 1 or by a
 ,state prosecutor pursuant to section  
#b7;c7 of the ,empowering ,states to    
,deport ,illegal ,immigrants ,act1      
before that arise2 and  7#b7 by         
inserting ,it shall be the duty of the  

,state prosecutor of the appropriate    
,state to prosecute every such suit when
 brought by a ,state4 after ,united     
,states4