Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act
Summary
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish an Office of Legal Access Programs within the Executive Office for 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. The bill also provides funding for the programs.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 25, 2021
Last action Apr 28, 2021
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Committee
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Apr 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 6 co-sponsors
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