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HR 1663 111th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Detention of persons Government information and archives Immigration status and procedures Intergovernmental relations State and local government operations Violent crime

Justice for the Newark College Students Act

Introduced: March 23, 2009 See on congress.gov
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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 27, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Mar 23, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 23, 2009
Introduced in House
 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 April 27, 2009

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

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3