Several bills lawmakers said would crack down on illegal immigration in Alabama are up for discussion today in a state Senate committee.

Republican leaders in the Legislature say illegal immigration is a priority for the session that started Tuesday, and today marks the first discussion for the proposals.

They say they want state policies that complement the Trump administration’s initiatives. The president has promised mass deportations.

Alabama lawmakers have not tried major immigration legislation since 2011, when they passed a sweeping bill called HB56 aimed at driving out people in the state illegally. Federal courts blocked much of that law.

Gov. Kay Ivey, in her State of the State address Tuesday night, said she supported Trump’s initiatives on illegal immigration and federal legislation sponsored by Sen. Katie Britt. Ivey did not mention any state legislation.

Public hearings are scheduled on several of this year’s bills today in the Senate County and Municipal Government Committee.

SB53 is sponsored by Sen. Wes Kitchens, R-Arab, and has four Republican co-sponsors, as well as one Democratic co-sponsor, Sen. Rodger Smitherman of Birmingham.

The bill would make it a crime to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection a person known to be an illegal alien, or to attempt to do so.

The crime would be a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail.

If the violation involves five or more illegal aliens, the crime would be a Class C felony, punishable by one to 10 years in prison.

SB53 would also establish a state law against human smuggling.

It says a person commits the crime of human smuggling if he or she knowingly transports into this state another individual if he or she knows or reasonably should have known that the other individual is an illegal alien.

Human smuggling would be a Class C felony.

Opponents of the legislation plan to hold a rally in Montgomery today.

“Our presence will show them that we as constituents are aware of what they want to do and that we will not accept them passing laws that affect our community,” the Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice posted on social media.