NCJ Number
143151
Date Published
1992
Length
12 pages
Annotation
This report describes the procedures planned or already in use by the Texas criminal justice system to comply with the Federal requirement that criminal justice records identify aliens who are convicted and also provide that information to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS).
Abstract
The Federal mandate is part of the Immigration Act of 1990, which changed Section 503 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act. States are required to have a coordination plan with INS as a condition for continuing to receive Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance Formula Grants. Texas received $25.5 million of these funds in Federal fiscal year 1992. Phase I requires that INS be given conviction records for aliens already sentenced to prison, including those held in local jails awaiting transfer to prison. Phase II requires the establishment of mechanisms and procedures for the identification of alien status in criminal records and for providing to INS all conviction records of suspected aliens. Texas will provide electronic reporting between its Criminal Justice Information System and the INS. Figure and chart