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US HR5383
New Way Forward Act

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Introduced
12/10/2019
In Committee
01/30/2020
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To reform the process for enforcing the immigration laws of the United States, and for other purposes. This bill makes changes to immigration enforcement, including ending mandatory detention in certain cases. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall not enter into or extend any contract with any public or private for-profit entity to own or operate a facility to detain aliens in DHS custody. The bill provides for various protections related to detaining aliens, such as (1) requiring DHS to make an initial custody determination and establish probable cause within 48 hours of taking an alien into custody, (2) establishing in hearings related to such determinations a presumption that the alien be released, and (3) requiring immigration judges to impose the least restrictive detention conditions necessary. A DHS officer may not interrogate a person as to immigration status based on factors such as the person's race, religion, sexual orientation, or spoken language. The bill removes mandatory detention requirements for certain aliens, such as asylum seekers with a credible fear of persecution. Removal proceedings against certain aliens previously admitted into the United States must commence within five years of the alien becoming deportable or inadmissible. The bill also removes certain crime-related grounds of inadmissibility and deportability. The bill gives immigration judges discretion to provide relief from removal if the removal is not based on certain crime-related grounds. State or local officers are prohibited from performing certain immigration enforcement functions, such as apprehending aliens. The National Crime Information Center database shall not contain an alien's immigration information. The bill repeals provisions providing criminal penalties for improper entry or reentry into the United States.

AI Summary

This bill, the New Way Forward Act, proposes to reform the process for enforcing immigration laws in the United States. Key provisions include: - Phasing out the use of private, for-profit detention facilities and limiting the use of jails for immigration detention. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be required to make initial custody determinations within 48 hours and provide hearings before an immigration judge within 72 hours, with a presumption of release unless the government can show by clear and convincing evidence that detention is necessary. - Removing mandatory detention requirements for certain aliens, such as asylum seekers. The bill establishes alternatives to detention, including community-based supervision programs. - Limiting the time in which removal proceedings can be commenced against certain aliens who have previously been admitted to the U.S., to within 5 years of becoming deportable or inadmissible. - Narrowing the grounds for inadmissibility and deportability based on criminal offenses, and providing immigration judges with more discretion to provide relief from removal. - Prohibiting state and local law enforcement from performing immigration enforcement functions or accessing immigration information in federal databases. - Repealing the criminal penalties for improper entry or reentry into the United States. - Providing a process for certain previously removed or deported aliens to have their cases reconsidered and reopened if they would not have been found removable or would have been eligible for relief under the new provisions.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (45)

Chuy García (D)*,  Nanette Barragán (D),  Karen Bass (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Anthony Brown (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Judy Chu (D),  Yvette Clarke (D),  Lou Correa (D),  Danny Davis (D),  Madeleine Dean (D),  Mark DeSaulnier (D),  Veronica Escobar (D),  Adriano Espaillat (D),  Sylvia Garcia (D),  Al Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Debra Haaland (D),  Alcee Hastings (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Hank Johnson (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Ro Khanna (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Andy Levin (D),  Alan Lowenthal (D),  Betty McCollum (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Gregory Meeks (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D),  Ilhan Omar (D),  Mark Pocan (D),  Ayanna Pressley (D),  Bobby Rush (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  José Serrano (D),  Mark Takano (D),  Rashida Tlaib (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),  Frederica Wilson (D), 

Last Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. (on 01/30/2020)

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