Introduced

SECTION 43.032: Subject to appropriation, the superintendent of the Highway Patrol may designate that some or all employees of the Highway Patrol be trained in accordance with a memorandum of understanding between Missouri and the U.S. Department of Justice or the federal Department of Homeland Security concerning the enforcement of federal immigration laws on federal highways and interstates in Missouri.

SECTION 115.427: The act amends personal identification requirements to be shown to gain voter eligibility at polling places. The identification must be issued by the United States or the state of Missouri, include the individual's name and photograph, and must have not expired before the date of the most recent general election unless it is a non-expiring or non-expired Missouri nondriver’s license or a non-expired Missouri driver's license .

SECTION 161.092: This act requires the State Board of Education to ensure that an adult individual who is not a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States or does not possess lawful immigration status shall be prohibited from participating in any family literacy program, parents-as-teachers program, vocational education program, vocational rehabilitation program, or after-school tutoring program.

SECTION 173.005: This act requires the Coordinating Board for Higher Education to ensure that an individual who is not a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States or does not possess lawful immigration status shall not receive in-state tuition status, tuition waivers, fee waivers, grants, scholarship assistance, financial aid, tuition assistance, or any other type of financial assistance at any public higher education institution.

SECTION 208.009: This act provides that an individual who is not a citizen or a permanent resident of the United States or who does not possess lawful immigration status shall be prohibited from receiving state or local public assistance under Chapter 208, RSMo, except for state or local public assistance that is mandated by federal law.

An applicant who is nineteen years of age or older shall provide affirmative proof that the applicant is a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or possesses lawful immigration status. An applicant who is under the age of nineteen years shall not be required to provide such affirmative proof.

An applicant who cannot provide the proof required under this act at the time of application for public assistance may alternatively sign an affidavit under oath, attesting to either United States citizenship or to classification by the United States as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, in order to receive temporary benefits. An applicant providing the sworn affidavit is eligible to receive temporary public assistance program benefits as delineated in the act.

All state agencies administering public assistance programs in this state shall cooperate with local governments and the United States Department of Homeland Security to develop a system to facilitate verification of an individual's lawful presence.

SECTION 590.700: Under this act, peace officers are authorized to investigate, apprehend, detain, or remove any individual who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States and who is located in this state. Peace officers are authorized to transport such individuals across state lines to a detention center.

DONALD THALHUBER