Louisville, KY Immigration Policy: Sanctuary Policy Preemption (2026)

Public safety officials may not undertake any law enforcement action, such as entering into Section 287(g) agreements with U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement ("ICE"), for the purpose of detecting the presence of undocumented persons, persons out of status, or persons unlawfully residing in the United States (collectively "undocumented"), or to verify immigration status, including but not limited to questioning any person or persons about their immigration status.

(b)   Public safety officials may not question, arrest or detain any person for violations of federal civil immigration laws except when immigration status is an element of the crime or when enforcing 8 U.S.C. 1324(c).

(c)   Nothing in this section shall prohibit public safety officials from investigating criminal activity involving individuals present in the United States who may also be in violation of federal civil immigration laws. Public safety officials may provide support to ICE only when a judicially authorized warrant exists or ICE articulates a reasonable suspicion of a risk of violence or an emergency situation when there is a clear danger to the public.

(d)   Nothing in this section prohibits public safety officials from adequately identifying criminal suspects or assessing the risk of flight of criminal suspects.

(e)   Where presentation of a state issued identification card or driver's license is customarily accepted as adequate evidence of identity,