US Congress House Bill 6135 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 195-1)
Status: Introduced on June 19 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-07-30 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Keep Families Together Act This bill prohibits an agent or contractor of the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or the Department of Health and Human Services from removing a child who is under the age of 18 and has no permanent immigration status from his or her parent or legal guardian at or near the port of entry or within 100 miles of the U.S. border unless: an authorized state court determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed; a state or county child welfare official with expertise in child trauma and development determines that it is in the child's best interests to be removed because of abuse or neglect; or the Chief Patrol Agent or the Area Port Director authorizes separation based on a documented finding that the child is a trafficking victim or is at significant risk of becoming a victim, a strong likelihood exists that the adult is not the parent or legal guardian, or the child is in danger of abuse or neglect. A child may not be removed from a parent or guardian unless an independent licensed child welfare expert authorizes the separation within 48 hours of such removal. An agency may not remove a child from a parent or legal guardian solely for the policy goals of deterring migration to the United States or of promoting immigration law compliance. The bill sets forth presumptions: (1) in favor of family and sibling unity and parental rights, and (2) that detention is not in the best interests of families and children. The bill limits the prosecution of asylum seekers.

Keep Families Together Act

Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Jimmy Panetta [D-CA]	Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D-CA]	Rep. Steny Hoyer [D-MD]
Rep. James Clyburn [D-SC]	Rep. Joseph Crowley [D-NY]	Rep. Linda Sanchez [D-CA]	Rep. Elijah Cummings [D-MD]
Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]
Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA]	Rep. Luis Correa [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Salud Carbajal [D-CA]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY]	Rep. C.A. Ruppersberger [D-MD]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Joaquin Castro [D-TX]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]
Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]	Rep. Jimmy Gomez [D-CA]
Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Bradley Schneider [D-IL]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Cedric Richmond [D-LA]	Rep. Gene Green [D-TX]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]
Rep. John Delaney [D-MD]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]
Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]	Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Norma Torres [D-CA]
Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi [D-IL]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. Kathy Castor [D-FL]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]
Rep. Stephanie Murphy [D-FL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Frank Pallone [D-NJ]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Dwight Evans [D-PA]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]
Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Lisa Rochester [D-DE]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Colleen Hanabusa [D-HI]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Sen. Ben Lujan [D-NM]
Rep. Madeleine Bordallo [D-GU]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Jim Costa [D-CA]	Rep. Ruben Gallego [D-AZ]
Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Cheri Bustos [D-IL]	Rep. Ami Bera [D-CA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]
Rep. Joe Courtney [D-CT]	Rep. Lloyd Doggett [D-TX]	Rep. Pete Aguilar [D-CA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]
Rep. Jerry McNerney [D-CA]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]
Rep. Anthony Brown [D-MD]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Brad Sherman [D-CA]	Rep. John Sarbanes [D-MD]
Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]	Rep. Darren Soto [D-FL]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]
Rep. Donald McEachin [D-VA]	Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]
Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Michael Doyle [D-PA]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]
Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Richard Neal [D-MA]	Rep. Ruben Kihuen [D-NV]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Kurt Schrader [D-OR]	Rep. Andre Carson [D-IN]
Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]
Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY]	Rep. G. Butterfield [D-NC]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]	Rep. Joseph Kennedy [D-MA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]
Rep. David Price [D-NC]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Joyce Beatty [D-OH]	Rep. Alma Adams [D-NC]
Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]	Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Stacey Plaskett [D-VI]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. Bill Pascrell [D-NJ]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL]	Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Danny Davis [D-IL]
Rep. Richard Nolan [D-MN]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. David Loebsack [D-IA]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]	Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]
Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Tulsi Gabbard [D-HI]	Rep. Emanuel Cleaver [D-MO]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Filemon Vela [D-TX]	Rep. Conor Lamb [D-PA]	Rep. Al Lawson [D-FL]	Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX]
Rep. David Scott [D-GA]	Rep. Josh Gottheimer [D-NJ]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon [D-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-07-30	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
2018-06-27	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
2018-06-19	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-06-19	House	Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2018-06-19	House	Introduced in House

SB3036 (Related) 2018-06-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/6135/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr6135/BILLS-115hr6135ih.pdf