HR 3923
115th Congress
House
Immigration
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Crime victims
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Disability and paralysis
Evidence and witnesses
Freedom of information
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Mental health
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 13, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Oct 3, 2017
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.
Oct 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish detention standards for each facility at which aliens in DHS custody are detained. Such standards shall provide for at least the level of detainee protections described in the American Bar Association's Civil Immigration Detention Standards.
A detained individual who is injured as a result of a violation of such standards may file a claim in U.S. district court.
The bill: (1) provides for facility oversight and transparency, (2) phases out the use of private detention facilities and jails for such aliens, and (3) revises procedures for detaining aliens.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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