Bill > S2097

Introduced Session

A bill to amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations, to clarify the powers of immigration officers at such locations, and for other purposes. This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location unless there are exigent circumstances or if written prior approval has been obtained from certain officials. Sensitive locations include health care facilities; schools and school bus stops; places that provide assistance for people such as children, pregnant women, and abuse victims; places that provide disaster or emergency services; places of worship; courthouses and lawyers' offices; and public assistance offices. The prohibition shall apply to Department of Homeland Security officers and agents, as well as state employees pursuing immigration enforcement actions. If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this prohibition (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected alien may move to immediately terminate such a proceeding. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall annually report to Congress about enforcement actions taken at sensitive locations in the preceding year.

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Richard Blumenthal (D)*,  Michael Bennet (D),  Cory Booker (D),  Catherine Cortez Masto (D),  Tammy Duckworth (D),  Dianne Feinstein (D),  Kirsten Gillibrand (D),  Kamala Harris (D),  Mazie Hirono (D),  Tim Kaine (D),  Amy Klobuchar (D),  Ed Markey (D),  Jeff Merkley (D),  Chris Murphy (D),  Patty Murray (D),  Jacky Rosen (D),  Brian Schatz (D),  Tina Smith (D),  Tom Udall (D),  Chris Van Hollen (D),  Elizabeth Warren (D),  Ron Wyden (D), 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (on 07/11/2019)

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