{"data":{"id":"us-de/11-del.-c.-9425","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"11 Del. C. § 9425","heading":"Prohibition against detaining a witness exclusively for immigration violation or to turn over to federal immigration authorities absent warrant.","body":"(a) It is the public policy of this State to protect the public from crime and violence by encouraging all persons who are witnesses to crimes, or who otherwise can give evidence in a criminal investigation, to cooperate with the criminal justice system and not to penalize these persons for cooperating with the criminal justice system.\n(b) If an individual is a witness to a crime or can otherwise give evidence in a criminal investigation, a law-enforcement officer may not detain the individual exclusively for any actual or suspected immigration violation or turn the individual over to federal immigration authorities absent a judicial warrant or a valid court order.","path":["Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Victims of Crimes","CHAPTER 94. Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights","Subchapter II. Rights of Witnesses to Crime"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title11/c094/sc02/index.html#9425","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:15Z","sha256":"328ec33ac3b6f7296ad439b850c8ba357e899aa4dc9ef74edd8b20732296f0d6","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/11-del.-c.-9424","next":"us-de/11-del.-c.-9426"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}