New Hampshire House Bill 1411 is a wide-reaching piece of legislation that would require the NH Attorney General to obtain and publish a list of federal activities occurring in the state, including how many refugees the Feds had “resettled” here.
That was a fascinating find, a bill that has already passed the House and has a Senate Hearing this week (03/22/2022, Room 100, SH, 02:15 pm). These numbers would need to be acquired and posted publicly online, including the total number relocated in the past month and total years to date.
But the refugee requirement is just one of several requirements in the Bill.
The attorney general shall request that any federal government agency employing full-time law enforcement officers voluntarily notify the attorney general of the presence of permanent or temporary facilities and newly assigned officers or agents prior to the agency engaging in any law enforcement investigatory or surveillance activity in New Hampshire. …
The attorney general shall compile this data by agency, and create and maintain a public Internet webpage with a searchable database containing these key metrics and links to the public homepage of all federal agencies authorized to conduct law enforcement, investigatory, or surveillance activity in New Hampshire.
(a) Total number of agency facilities in the state.
(b) Total number of permanent staff positions assigned to New Hampshire with indicated number of increases or decreases occurring in the previous month.
(c) Total number of temporary staff assigned to New Hampshire with indicated number of increases or decreases occurring in the last month.
(d) Total number of completed federal surveillance operations on New Hampshire
residence year to date, updated monthly.
(e) Total number of completed federal investigations into New Hampshire residents year to date, updated monthly.
(f) Total number of federal warrants served on New Hampshire residents year to date, updated monthly.
(g) Total number of federal no-knock warrants served on New Hampshire residents year to date, updated monthly.
(h) Total number of federal arrests of New Hampshire residents year to date, updated
monthly.
(i) Total number of federal foreign refugee relocations in New Hampshire year to date,
updated monthly
Sounds great but is it realistic?
I’m not picturing the agencies just giving up this information if it became law. There’s also the problem of the AG’s Office doing its job. And I’m talking about the AG of a Republican Governor.
If, for any reason, the Office refuses or drags its feet (as is the case with matters like voter and election fraud), who will investigate them or charge them or punish them? Not the AGs Office.
There may be mechanisms in place I’m not recalling, but the Legislature may have to intervene, and I’m trying to imagine them doing anything like that.
And I don’t see it. But please correct me. I’d be more than happy to see this level of visibility on these matters. I’m just a bit too cynical to expect that it will actually happen if it does become law.
