US HB913 | 2017-2018 | 115th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 18-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 7 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-09 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to: establish within the Executive Office for Immigration Review an Office of Legal Access Programs to administer a system of legal orientation programs to make immigration proceedings more efficient by educating aliens regarding administrative procedures and legal rights under U.S. immigration law and to establish other programs to assist in providing aliens access to legal information; and submit a plan to Congress that includes a schedule to develop and deploy legal orientation programs for all detainees. The legal orientation programs shall: provide programs to assist detained aliens in making decisions regarding their removal and eligibility for relief from removal in order to increase efficiency s in immigration proceedings and federal custody processes and to improve access to legal services; ensure that programs and written notice of rights are available in English and the five most common native languages spoken by the detainees held in custody at that location during the preceding fiscal year; and identify unaccompanied alien children, aliens with a serious mental disability, and other particularly vulnerable aliens for right to counsel considerations. Such programs may provide services to detained aliens in specified immigration (detention and removal) and asylum proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security shall establish procedures: (1) that ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all detained aliens within five days of arrival into custody; and (2) to inform such aliens of the basic procedures of immigration hearings, their rights relating to those hearings, information that may deter such aliens from filing frivolous legal claims, and a contact list of potential legal resources and providers.
Title
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act
Sponsors
Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL] | Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL] | Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL] | Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI] |
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX] | Rep. James McGovern [D-MA] | Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC] | Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN] |
Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA] | Rep. Adriano Espaillat [D-NY] | Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL] | Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA] |
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA] | Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY] | Rep. Karen Bass [D-CA] | Rep. John Lewis [D-GA] |
Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD] | Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2017-03-09 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. |
2017-02-07 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
2017-02-07 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
Department of Homeland Security
Department of Justice
Detention of persons
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Immigration
Immigration status and procedures
Lawyers and legal services
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/913/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr913/BILLS-115hr913ih.pdf |