Scope: State (Delaware)
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Green
Date occurred: July 14, 2025
Delaware HB 182 amends Title 11 of the Delaware Code to prohibit state and local law enforcement agencies from entering into agreements delegating federal civil immigration enforcement functions to their officers. The bill was signed by the Governor on July 14, 2025.
Constitutional basis: State setting conditions on its own officers' participation in federal enforcement, a settled anticommandeering power states have repeatedly exercised.