The PROTECT Act aims to regulate state and local participation in federal civil immigration enforcement.
The PROTECT Act, or Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust, and Equal Constitutional Treatment Act, seeks to limit state and local involvement in federal civil immigration enforcement. It prohibits law enforcement agencies from inquiring about a person's immigration or citizenship status unless it is directly material to a specific criminal offense. The act also restricts the provision of nonpublic personal information to federal immigration authorities and the use of state or local resources for civil immigration enforcement.
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