Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2019
- Last Action
- 2/14/2019
Actions
- 2019-02-14Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 2019-02-14Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2019-02-14 (00)
Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2019
This bill modifies the detention authority of the United States.
Specifically, it prohibits detention or imprisonment based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of an individual. A protected characteristic includes each of the following: race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, and any additional characteristic that the Department of Justice determines to be a protected characteristic.
Cosponsors (20)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
- Kamala Harris (D-CA)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Jacklyn Rosen (D-NV)
- Brian Schatz (D-HI)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Patrick Leahy (D-VT)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
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