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Alternatives to Detention Act of 2018

Introduced: September 6, 2018 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 9, 2018
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Aug 31, 2018
Introduced in House
Aug 31, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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Alternatives to Detention Act of 2018

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to establish programs for providing alternatives to detaining individuals under the immigration laws, including community-based supervision and community support programs. DHS may not detain and must place in an alternative detention program individuals deemed members of a vulnerable population (e.g., asylum seekers, pregnant or nursing women, or crime victims), a parent of a child under age 18, or a caregiver.

DHS must establish the position of Coordinator of Alternatives to Detention and Family Reunification to coordinate the use of alternative detention programs and to reunify parents with children separated from them.

What's happening now October 9, 2018

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 12
D
Aguilar, Pete
California · Dec 21, 2018
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Dec 13, 2018
GUTIERREZ, LUIS
· Nov 28, 2018
 D
DeSaulnier, Mark
California · Nov 16, 2018
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Nov 2, 2018
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Oct 5, 2018
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Sep 25, 2018
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Sep 20, 2018
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 20, 2018
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Sep 20, 2018
CAPUANO, MICHAEL
· Sep 6, 2018
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 4, 2018
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Aug 31, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6692: Alternatives to Detention Act of 2018. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-6692/
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