US Congress Senate Bill 2097 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 22-0)
Status: Introduced on July 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-07-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location unless there are exigent circumstances or if written prior approval has been obtained from certain officials. Sensitive locations include health care facilities; schools and school bus stops; places that provide assistance for people such as children, pregnant women, and abuse victims; places that provide disaster or emergency services; places of worship; courthouses and lawyers' offices; and public assistance offices. The prohibition shall apply to Department of Homeland Security officers and agents, as well as state employees pursuing immigration enforcement actions. If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this prohibition (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected alien may move to immediately terminate such a proceeding. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall annually report to Congress about enforcement actions taken at sensitive locations in the preceding year.

Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]	Sen. Christopher Murphy [D-CT]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto [D-NV]	Sen. Michael Bennet [D-CO]
Sen. Tina Smith [D-MN]	Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Dianne Feinstein [D-CA]	Sen. Tom Udall [D-NM]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-07-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

HB1011 (Related) 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/2097/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s2097/BILLS-116s2097is.pdf