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Protecting Sensitive Locations Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an immigration enforcement action by the Department of Homeland Security or an individual designated to perform immigration enforcement functions may not take place at a sensitive location, except: (1) under exigent circumstances, and (2) with prior approval. A "sensitive location" includes all of the physical space located within 1,000 feet of: medical treatment or health care facilities; public and private schools; scholastic or education-related activities; school bus or school bus stops during periods when school children are present; emergency shelter or food locations; any organization that assists children, pregnant women, victims of crime or abuse, or individuals with significant mental or physical disabilities or that provides disaster or emergency social services; places of worship; funerals, weddings, or other public religious ceremonies; public demonstrations; federal, state, or local courthouses; congressional district offices; public assistance or social security offices; or motor vehicles departments. The bill shall not apply to the transportation of an individual apprehended at or near a land or sea border to a hospital or health care provider for the purpose of providing such individual with medical care. If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this bill: (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record or received into evidence in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected alien may file a motion for such proceeding's immediate termination. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall provide training to officers and report to Congress on any enforcement activity occurring at sensitive locations.

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Adriano Espaillat (D)*,  Pete Aguilar (D),  Nanette Barragán (D),  Don Beyer (D),  Earl Blumenauer (D),  Suzanne Bonamici (D),  G. Butterfield (D),  Michael Capuano (D),  Tony Cárdenas (D),  Joaquin Castro (D),  Gerry Connolly (D),  John Conyers (D),  Lou Correa (D),  Elijah Cummings (D),  Keith Ellison (D),  Eliot Engel (D),  Dwight Evans (D),  Ruben Gallego (D),  Al Green (D),  Raúl Grijalva (D),  Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),  Pramila Jayapal (D),  Marcy Kaptur (D),  Joseph Kennedy (D),  Barbara Lee (D),  Ted Lieu (D),  Zoe Lofgren (D),  Ben Ray Luján (D),  Michelle Lujan Grisham (D),  Jim McGovern (D),  Grace Meng (D),  Gwen Moore (D),  Jerry Nadler (D),  Grace Napolitano (D),  Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),  Beto O'Rourke (D),  Frank Pallone (D),  Ed Perlmutter (D),  Scott Peters (D),  Jared Polis (D),  Jamie Raskin (D),  Lucille Roybal-Allard (D),  Jan Schakowsky (D),  Kurt Schrader (D),  José Serrano (D),  Adam Smith (D),  Juan Vargas (D),  Marc Veasey (D),  Filemón Vela (D),  Nydia Velázquez (D),  Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D),  Peter Welch (D), 

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (on 03/30/2017)

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