Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
Summary
Protecting Sensitive Locations Act This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location unless there are exigent circumstances and 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.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 28, 2021
Last action Mar 5, 2021
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3
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Committee
2
Mar 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Jan 28, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Adriano Espaillat
DDemocratic
Co
Alcee L. Hastings
DDemocratic
Co
Donald S. Beyer, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Earl Blumenauer
DDemocratic
Co
Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
Co
Frank Pallone, Jr.
DDemocratic
Co
Grace Meng
DDemocratic
Co
Ilhan Omar
DDemocratic
Co
Jahana Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Jamie Raskin
DDemocratic
Co
Janice D. Schakowsky
DDemocratic
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