S 37 115th Congress Senate

Sarah's Law

Official title: A bill to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that res… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 5, 2017 Introduced by: Ernst, Joni Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov

Immigration Border security and unlawful immigrationCrime victimsCriminal justice information and recordsDetention of persons

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Immigration status and proceduresVisas and passports

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Jan 5, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 5, 2017

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action January 5, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sarah's Law

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require the detention of an alien: (1) who was not inspected and admitted into the United States, who held a revoked nonimmigrant visa (or other nonimmigrant admission document), or who is deportable for failing to maintain nonimmigrant status; and (2) who has been charged in the United States with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shall make reasonable efforts to:

obtain information about the identity of any victims of the crimes for which such alien was charged or convicted; and
provide the victim, or a parent, guardian, spouse, or closest living relative of a deceased victim, with information about such alien, including name, date of birth, nationality, immigration status, criminal history, and a description of any related removal efforts.

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