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Justice for the Newark College Students Act

Introduced: November 15, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2008
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Nov 15, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 15, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for the Newark College Students Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require: (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security (current law refers to the Attorney General) to make investigative resources available to state and local law enforcement agencies to determine whether an individual arrested for a felony or an aggravated felony (current law refers to only an aggravated felony) is unlawfully in the United States; (2) state and local agencies to use such information to determine whether an arrested individual is unlawfully in the United States and to provide the appropriate court with such information; (3) the court to report such case's disposition to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and (4) mandatory federal detention of such individuals pending removal, and release only in furtherance of the felony case for which the arrest was made.

What's happening now February 25, 2008

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 4
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Dec 4, 2007
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 15, 2007
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Nov 15, 2007
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Sessions, Pete
Texas · Nov 15, 2007
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4201: Justice for the Newark College Students Act. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4201/
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"H.R. 4201: Justice for the Newark College Students Act." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4201/.
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