Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act
- Last Action
- 3/25/2019
Actions
- 2019-03-25Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- 2019-02-07Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-02-07Introduced in House
- 2019-02-07Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-07 (00)
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act
This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish an Office of Legal Access Programs within the Executive Office of Immigration Review. The office shall develop and administer programs to educate detained aliens about their legal rights under U.S. immigration law.
The programs shall (1) assist detained aliens in making informed and timely decisions regarding their removal and eligibility for relief from removal; and (2) identify particularly vulnerable aliens, such as unaccompanied children, for right to counsel considerations. The programs may also provide services to detained aliens in specified immigration (detention and removal) and asylum proceedings.
The Department of Homeland Security shall establish procedures to ensure that such programs are available to all detained aliens within five days of arrival into custody, and provide such aliens with various information related to immigration hearing procedures and their rights under immigration law.
Cosponsors (20)
- Theodore Deutch (D-FL)
- ELEANOR NORTON (D-DC)
- André Carson (D-IN)
- ZOE LOFGREN (D-CA)
- JERROLD NADLER (D-NY)
- Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ)
- Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
- Gwen Moore (D-WI)
- Jesus Garcia (D-IL)
- Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX)
- Pramila Jayapal (D-WA)
- JANICE SCHAKOWSKY (D-IL)
- Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
- JAMES MCGOVERN (D-MA)
- Joseph Kennedy (D-MA)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- BOBBY RUSH (D-IL)
- Henry Johnson (D-GA)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government information and archives
- Immigration status and procedures
- Lawyers and legal services
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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