New Jersey A179 prohibits the release of illegal immigrants from correctional facilities.
New Jersey A179 mandates that administrators of correctional facilities identify the nationality of every inmate and determine if non-U.S. citizens are lawfully present in the U.S. Inmates who are not U.S. citizens or not lawfully present must be handed over to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials. Violators of this bill face civil penalties set by the Commissioner of Corrections.
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