19.2-83.2 - Jail officer to ascertain citizenship of inmate. - Virginia Statutes

§ 19.2-83.2. Jail officer to ascertain citizenship of inmate.

Whenever any person is taken into custody at any jail, the sheriff or otherofficer in charge of such facility shall inquire as to whether the person (i)was born in a country other than the United States, and (ii) is a citizen ofa country other than the United States. The sheriff or other officer incharge of such facility shall make an immigration alien query to the LawEnforcement Support Center of the United States Immigration and CustomsEnforcement for any person who (i) was born in a country other than theUnited States, and (ii) is a citizen of a country other than the UnitedStates, or for whom the answer to (i) or (ii) is unknown. The sheriff orother officer in charge shall communicate the results of any immigrationalien query to the Local Inmate Data System of the State Compensation Board.The State Compensation Board shall communicate, on a monthly basis, theresults of any immigration alien query that results in a confirmation thatthe person is illegally present in the United States to the Central CriminalRecords Exchange of the Department of State Police in a format approved bythe Exchange. The information received by the Central Criminal RecordsExchange concerning the person's immigration status shall be recorded in theperson's criminal history record.

(2008, cc. 180, 415.)