HRES 708 114th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Detention of persons Due process and equal protection Human rights Immigration status and procedures Intergovernmental relations Judges Judicial review and appeals Law enforcement administration and funding State and local government operations

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the immigration policies of the United States should reduce automatic removal and detention, restore due process for immigrants, and repeal unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.

Introduced: April 27, 2016 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

May 17, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Apr 27, 2016

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 27, 2016

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supports immigration legislation that:

acknowledges that immigrants and their families have inherent dignity and are deserving of human rights;
restores immigration system fairness by updating the definition of "aggravated felony";
restores discretion to immigration judges to waive grounds of inadmissibility and deportability based on family and community equities, humanitarian considerations, other individualized circumstances, or because it is in the public interest;
restores judicial review of case decisions to protect due process;
eliminates mandatory detention and prolonged detention for immigrants and preserves the Department of Homeland Security's authority to exercise detention discretion;
repeals programs that permit local law authorities to enforce federal immigration laws; and
repeals the 3-year, 10-year, and permanent bars and other unnecessary barriers to legal immigration.