(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Department of Youth and Community Restoration shall cooperate with the United States Department of Homeland Security by providing the use of prison facilities, transportation, and general support, as needed, for the purposes of conducting and expediting deportation hearings and subsequent placement of deportation holds on undocumented immigrants who are incarcerated in state prison.

(b) For purposes of this section, “immigrant” means a person who is not a citizen or national of the United States.

Terms Used In California Penal Code 5026

  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 296, Sec. 50. (AB 1096) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed conditionally by Stats. 1994, Ch. 567, Secs. 3 and 6, upon enactment of specified federal legislation.)

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