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HR 2805 117th Congress House Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Citizenship and naturalization Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Immigration status and procedures Intergovernmental relations Law enforcement officers State and local government operations

PROTECT Immigration Act of 2021

Introduced: April 22, 2021 Introduced by: Quigley, Mike Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Apr 22, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Apr 22, 2021
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act of 2021 or the PROTECT Immigration Act of 2021

This bill establishes that the authority to investigate, apprehend, or detain aliens for the purposes of immigration enforcement is limited to immigration officers and authorized Department of Homeland Security employees, except when such authority is provided to other individuals under specified statutes. Specifically, this restriction does not apply in certain instances involving (1) an actual or imminent mass influx of aliens, (2) persons bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of immigration laws, or (3) an alien illegally present in the United States who had previously left or was deported after being convicted of a felony.

The bill repeals the authority allowing the Department of Justice to enter into agreements authorizing state or local government employees to perform immigration enforcement functions.

What's happening now October 19, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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