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Amend CSSB 4 (house committee report) on page 9, between lines 6 and 7, by adding the following appropriately lettered subsection and relettering subsequent subsections appropriately:
(____) If a law enforcement agency determines that a person in the agency's custody who is the subject of an immigration detainer request described by Subsection (a) has been convicted of a felony, the agency shall inquire regarding the identity of any current employer of the person. On receipt of information under this subsection, the law enforcement agency shall promptly report to the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for proper enforcement, the identity of any current employer of the person known to the agency, unless the person has provided proof that the person, at the time of employment, was:
(1) a citizen or national of the United States; or
(2) an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States under the federal Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. Section 1101 et seq.) or authorized to be employed by that act or the United States attorney general.