US Congress House Bill 1045 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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.

Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act

Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]
Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Jesus Garcia [D-IL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]
Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. TJ Cox [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Debra Haaland [D-NM]	Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-25	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
2019-02-07	House	Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-02-07	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1045/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr1045/BILLS-116hr1045ih.pdf