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Introduced
06/20/2018
06/20/2018
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2018
12/31/2018
Introduced Session
115th Congress
Bill Summary
Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act
AI Summary
This bill, the Keep Families Together and Enforce the Law Act, amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to address the protective custody of alien children accompanied by their parents. It prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from separating accompanied alien children from their parents, and requires DHS to temporarily house the children and parents together in family residential centers during civil or criminal proceedings, with some exceptions. The bill also requires DHS to increase the number of available family residential beds by at least 1,000, and the Attorney General to increase the number of immigration judge teams by at least 225 to prioritize proceedings for accompanied alien children and families.
Sponsors (40)
Thom Tillis (R)*,
Lamar Alexander (R),
Roy Blunt (R),
John Boozman (R),
Shelley Moore Capito (R),
Bill Cassidy (R),
Bob Corker (R),
John Cornyn (R),
Tom Cotton (R),
Mike Crapo (R),
Ted Cruz (R),
Steve Daines (R),
Michael Enzi (R),
Joni Ernst (R),
Deb Fischer (R),
Jeff Flake (R),
Lindsey Graham (R),
Chuck Grassley (R),
Orrin Hatch (R),
Dean Heller (R),
John Hoeven (R),
Cindy Hyde-Smith (R),
James Inhofe (R),
Johnny Isakson (R),
Ron Johnson (R),
John Neely Kennedy (R),
James Lankford (R),
Mike Lee (R),
Mitch McConnell (R),
Jerry Moran (R),
David Perdue (R),
Rob Portman (R),
Pat Roberts (R),
Mike Rounds (R),
Marco Rubio (R),
Ben Sasse (R),
Tim Scott (R),
Dan Sullivan (R),
John Thune (R),
Todd Young (R),
Last Action
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477. (on 06/21/2018)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3093/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s3093/BILLS-115s3093pcs.pdf |
| Bill | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s3093/BILLS-115s3093pcs.pdf.pdf |
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