Introduce and support legislation to let ICE obtain judicial warrants to hold undocumented people charged or convicted of violent felonies or other violent crimes in custody until federal authorities can take custody.

Angus S. King, Jr. · Maine · Independent

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.88 extraction confidence 95%

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U.S. Senator Angus King has introduced legislation with six Senate colleagues to improve public safety and bolster coordination between state and federal governments to ensure violent undocumented persons are kept in custody and not released back into the community. The Improving Public Safety Through Immigration Warrant Issuance Act would allow for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to obtain a judicially authorized warrant for an undocumented person who has been charged or convicted of committing a felony or violent crime in the United States.

King backed a bill that would give ICE a judicial warrant process to keep undocumented people accused or convicted of violent crimes in custody instead of releasing them to the community.

King, Colleagues Work to Bolster Public Safety and Communication Between State and Federal Law Enforcement on Immigration Warrants
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Evidence

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Congress.gov records S.4032 as introduced on March 21, 2024, referred to Senate Judiciary, with Senator King included among the original introducing senators. The bill text authorizes magistrate judges to issue warrants for removable aliens charged with or convicted of felonies or crimes of violence, and allows orders to transfer, notify, or hold the person up to 48 hours for federal custody transfer.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Primary congressional record shows King supported introduction of legislation matching the promise: ICE-related judicial warrants for certain undocumented people charged or convicted of violent crimes or felonies so federal authorities can take custody. The latest listed action was referral to Judiciary, so this proves introduction/support rather than enactment.

delivered same_term A for effort

S.4032 - Improving Public Safety Through Immigration Warrant Issuance Act
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King's Senate office announced that he introduced the Improving Public Safety Through Immigration Warrant Issuance Act with colleagues. The release says the bill would let ICE obtain a judicially authorized warrant for an undocumented person charged with or convicted of a felony or violent crime, and would create a constitutional mechanism to hold someone in state or local custody until ICE can assume custody.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): King's own official office statement confirms both the support and the substance of the commitment. Targeted lookback searches through August 25, 2026 found no newer official action changing this status.

delivered same_term A for effort

King, Colleagues Work to Bolster Public Safety and Communication Between State and Federal Law Enforcement on Immigration Warrants
primary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 97%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The promise was specifically to introduce and support legislation, not to secure enactment. During his Senate term, King was an original introducing senator of S.4032, the Improving Public Safety Through Immigration Warrant Issuance Act, and his office publicly announced the bill. The bill's stated mechanism matched the promise: judicial warrants for removable undocumented people charged with or convicted of felonies or crimes of violence, allowing state or local custody hold/transfer coordination until federal authorities could assume custody. Because the pledged legislative introduction/support occurred while he was in office, this counts as delivered in the same term even though the bill was only referred to committee and not enacted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 98%