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This bill modifies Missouri state law to address immigration enforcement and law enforcement training, with several key provisions. First, it prohibits using state funds to enforce discriminatory immigration policies that involve racial profiling or violate constitutional rights. The bill requires peace officers statewide to undergo annual training on racial profiling and constitutional rights, including the rights of immigrants. It mandates that government entities, political subdivisions, and officials cannot restrict communication or cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) regarding an individual's immigration status, but only when there is a clear public safety concern. The bill allows municipalities to collect and share personal identity information through fingerprint identification systems and permits public employees to send, receive, maintain, and exchange immigration status information with federal, state, or local government entities under similar public safety conditions. Additionally, the legislation empowers state legislators to request the attorney general's opinion on whether a government entity's policies contravene these provisions, and it can withhold state funding from entities found to be in violation. Importantly, the bill includes a critical safeguard that no political subdivision or government official shall cooperate with immigration enforcement practices based on racial profiling or that violate individual constitutional rights.

https://house.mo.gov/Bill.aspx?bill=HB1334&year=2025&code=R