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H.R. 5166 118th Congress House

Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

Official title: To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations, to clarify the powers of immigrati… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations, to clarify the powers of immigration officers at sensitive locations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 8, 2023 Introduced by: Adriano Espaillat Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Immigration
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Aug 8, 2023
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location except in exigent circumstances.

Sensitive locations include 

  • health care facilities;
  • schools and school bus stops;
  • places that provide assistance for people such as children, pregnant women, and abuse victims;
  • places that provide disaster or emergency services;
  • places of worship;
  • courthouses and lawyers’ offices;
  • facilities used as polling places;
  • certain labor union facilities; and
  • public assistance offices.

The prohibition shall apply to Department of Homeland Security officers and agents, as well as state employees pursuing immigration enforcement actions.

If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this prohibition, (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected individual may move to immediately terminate such a proceeding.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall annually report to Congress about enforcement actions taken at sensitive locations in the preceding year. 

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 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 13
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Beyer, Donald S.
Virginia · Aug 8, 2023
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Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Aug 8, 2023
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Aug 8, 2023
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Crockett, Jasmine
Texas · Aug 8, 2023
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Aug 8, 2023
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Garcia, Sylvia R.
Texas · Aug 8, 2023
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García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Aug 8, 2023
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Aug 8, 2023
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Aug 8, 2023
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Aug 8, 2023
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Ramirez, Delia C.
Illinois · Aug 8, 2023
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Aug 8, 2023
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Aug 8, 2023
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5166: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5166/
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"H.R. 5166: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5166/.
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H.R. 5166, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-5166/.
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