Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
- Last Action
- 3/25/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- 2019-02-06Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-02-06Introduced in House
- 2019-02-06Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-06 (00)
Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
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.
Cosponsors (20)
- Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR)
- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Donald Beyer (D-VA)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Yvette Clarke (D-NY)
- Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL)
- Debra Haaland (D-NM)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- EARL BLUMENAUER (D-OR)
- ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
- FRANK PALLONE (D-NJ)
- GRACE NAPOLITANO (D-CA)
- Albio Sires (D-NJ)
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY)
Subjects
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Disability and paralysis
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Evidence and witnesses
- Food assistance and relief
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Health facilities and institutions
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Immigration status and procedures
- Law enforcement administration and funding
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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