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HR 1045 116th Congress House

Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act

Official title: To provide for improvements in the treatment of detainees, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 7, 2019 Introduced by: Foster, Bill Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Immigration Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesBorder security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversight
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Department of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeDetention of personsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesImmigration status and proceduresLawyers and legal servicesRefugees, asylum, displaced persons
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 25, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Feb 7, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 25, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act

This bill directs the Department of Justice to establish an Office of Legal Access Programs within the Executive Office of Immigration Review. The office shall develop and administer programs to educate detained aliens about their legal rights under U.S. immigration law.

The programs shall (1) assist detained aliens in making informed and timely decisions regarding their removal and eligibility for relief from removal; and (2) identify particularly vulnerable aliens, such as unaccompanied children, for right to counsel considerations. The programs may also provide services to detained aliens in specified immigration (detention and removal) and asylum proceedings.

The Department of Homeland Security shall establish procedures to ensure that such programs are available to all detained aliens within five days of arrival into custody, and provide such aliens with various information related to immigration hearing procedures and their rights under immigration law.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 21
Richmond, Cedric
· Jul 30, 2019
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Quigley, Mike
Illinois · Jul 16, 2019
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jul 16, 2019
LOWEY, NITA
· Mar 6, 2019
 D
Espaillat, Adriano
New York · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 28, 2019
 D
Soto, Darren
Florida · Feb 15, 2019
 D
Welch, Peter
Vermont · Feb 15, 2019
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 7, 2019
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 7, 2019
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Omar, Ilhan
Minnesota · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 7, 2019
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Feb 7, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1045: Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1045/
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"H.R. 1045: Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1045/.
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H.R. 1045, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1045/.
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