Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2017
- Last Action
- 1/24/2017
Actions
- 2017-01-24Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-01-24Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-01-24 (00)
Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to protect individual application information submitted to DHS after June 15, 2012, as part of a request for consideration or reconsideration for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program from disclosure to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for any purpose other than implementing such program. Such information may be shared with national security and law enforcement agencies: (1) to identify or prevent fraudulent claims, (2) for national security purposes relating to an individual application, or (3) for the investigation or prosecution of a felony not related to immigration status.
DHS may not refer an individual whose case has been deferred pursuant to the DACA program to ICE, CBP, the Department of Justice, or any other law enforcement agency.
Cosponsors (12)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- TOM UDALL (D-NM)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- John Reed (D-RI)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Subjects
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Government information and archives
- Immigration status and procedures
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Right of privacy
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