119th Congress Immigration
S. 455: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
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Summary
This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location except in exigent circumstances, such as the imminent risk of death, violence, or physical harm to any person.
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;
- child care facilities;
- places that provide disaster or emergency services;
- places of worship;
- courthouses and lawyers’ offices;
- facilities used as polling places;
- certain labor union facilities; and
- public assistance offices.
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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 individual 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.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Michael Bennet D-COOriginal
- Cory Booker D-NJOriginal
- Catherine Cortez Masto D-NVOriginal
- Richard Durbin D-ILOriginal
- Tammy Duckworth D-ILOriginal
- John Hickenlooper D-COOriginal
- Mazie Hirono D-HIOriginal
- Martin Heinrich D-NMOriginal
- Edward Markey D-MAOriginal
- Patty Murray D-WAOriginal
- Alejandro Padilla D-CAOriginal
- Jacky Rosen D-NVOriginal
- Bernard Sanders I-VTOriginal
- Adam Schiff D-CAOriginal
- Brian Schatz D-HIOriginal
- Tina Smith D-MNOriginal
- Ron Wyden D-OROriginal
- Raphael Warnock D-GAOriginal
- Peter Welch D-VTOriginal
- Sheldon Whitehouse D-RIOriginal
- Elizabeth Warren D-MAOriginal
- Ben Luján D-NM
- Jeff Merkley D-OR
- Andy Kim D-NJ
- Angela Alsobrooks D-MD
- Chris Van Hollen D-MD
- Christopher Coons D-DE
- Jeanne Shaheen D-NH
- Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE
- Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY
- Amy Klobuchar D-MN
- Tammy Baldwin D-WI
- Christopher Murphy D-CT
Who scored on this bill
- 1Richard Blumenthal SponsorDrew cross-party cosponsors, introduced, reached a cosponsor milestone3 events+12
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History
- Introduced in the Senate by Richard Blumenthal.
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- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.