HR 539
102th Congress
House
Immigration
Aliens
Deportation
Detention of persons
Parent and child
Reasonable Detention of Aliens Act
Introduced: January 16, 1991
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 16, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
Jan 16, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Jan 16, 1991
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Reasonable Detention of Aliens Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the Attorney General's authority to detain an alien mother with a dependent child two years or younger subject to deportation (with specified exceptions) unless such detention is in connection with the alien's immediate departure from the United States.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
Committees of jurisdiction
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