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This bill amends existing Mississippi law to prohibit any state agency, department, county, municipality, political subdivision, university, college, or their employees and law enforcement from adopting policies that limit, restrict, ban, or interfere with the enforcement of federal immigration laws. It mandates that these government entities and employees must cooperate with federal authorities, including complying with immigration detainer requests from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and share information about individuals' immigration status when requested by federal or other state and local agencies. Violations of this section will result in a waiver of sovereign immunity, meaning these entities can be sued for such violations, and the Attorney General is authorized to investigate and prosecute any violations. The bill also declares that sheltering or harboring undocumented immigrants and providing them with work without verifying their immigration status impedes federal law enforcement and is contrary to the state's interest in discouraging illegal immigration.

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