S 1336 117th Congress Senate 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

Introduced: April 22, 2021 Introduced by: Booker, Cory A. Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Apr 22, 2021

Introduced in Senate

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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

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 April 22, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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