A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities.
- Last Action
- 2/16/2017
Actions
- 2017-02-16Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2017-02-16Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2017-02-16 (00)
This bill rescinds Executive Order 13768, entitled "Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States." Among other things, that order raises questions regarding whether, and to what extent, federal agencies will withhold federal grant funds that would have otherwise been awarded to jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply with a federal statute that bars states and localities from restricting sending or receiving information to or from federal immigration authorities (sanctuary jurisdictions).
Cosponsors (20)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Christopher Coons (D-DE)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Al Franken (D-MN)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Timothy Kaine (D-VA)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Civil actions and liability
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intergovernmental relations
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Organized crime
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Violent crime
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