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Read. Follow. Verify.Michigan House Bill 4472 creates the DEPORT task force to recommend immigration removal policies
Last action · May 13, 2025: bill electronically reproduced 05/08/2025Sponsors: Josh Schriver and 13 others
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What This Bill Would Do
House Bill 4472 would create a 15-member developing effective policies on orderly removal and transportation (DEPORT) task force appointed by the speaker of the house to recommend state deportation and law enforcement policies. The task force would deliver a preliminary report within one month, an update within three months, and a final report within one year before being automatically abolished.
Establishes a temporary state body tasked with formulating policy recommendations on immigration enforcement and coordination with federal authorities, operating without member compensation or disclosure requirements.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
speaker of the house of representatives
Appoints task force members, fills vacancies, removes members, calls the first meeting, and authorizes requests for legal counsel assistance.
developing effective policies on orderly removal and transportation task force
Newly created body charged with studying immigration policies, issuing reports to the legislature, and dissolving after one year.
local law enforcement agencies
Subject to policy recommendations regarding interactions with illegal immigrants and communication with federal agencies.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
4 actions- May 13, 2025Housebill electronically reproduced 05/08/2025
- May 8, 2025HouseCommitteereferred to Committee on Government Operations
- May 8, 2025HouseIntroducedread a first time
- May 8, 2025HouseIntroducedintroduced by Representative Rep. Josh Schriver
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment15Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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