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Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act

Introduced: February 26, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Mar 2, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
Feb 26, 2009
Referred to House Homeland Security
Feb 26, 2009
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 26, 2009
Referred to House Judiciary
Feb 26, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2866)
Feb 26, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to require live training of all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel who come into contact with unaccompanied alien children.

Sets forth detention standards for immigration detention facilities.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) convene a detention advisory committee; (2) promulgate regulations regarding detainee care and custody; (3) implement secure alternatives to detention programs under which eligible aliens are released under supervision, assistance, and monitoring that ensure their appearance at all immigration interviews, appointments, and hearings; and (4) provide protective detention alternatives for specified categories of vulnerable aliens.

What's happening now March 16, 2009

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 4
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 17
D
Costa, Jim
California · Oct 22, 2009
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Oct 22, 2009
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Oct 22, 2009
Cao, Anh
· Sep 30, 2009
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 23, 2009
 D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 8, 2009
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 8, 2009
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 8, 2009
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Jul 31, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jul 24, 2009
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 24, 2009
 D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Jul 23, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 17, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jul 7, 2009
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 18, 2009
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Apr 30, 2009
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Mar 23, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 23, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1215: Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1215/
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"H.R. 1215: Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1215/.
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H.R. 1215, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-1215/.
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