S. 84 119th 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 14, 2025 Introduced by: Joni Ernst Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov

Immigration

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Jan 14, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 14, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sarah's Law

This bill requires U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) who is unlawfully present in the United States and has been charged with a crime that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person.

ICE must make reasonable efforts to obtain information about the identity of any victims of the crimes for which the detained individual was charged or convicted. ICE shall provide the victim, or a relative or guardian of a deceased victim, with information about the detained individual, including name, date of birth, nationality, immigration status, criminal history, and a description of any related removal efforts.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Lobbying activity 4

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
for FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
for FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST
for HUMAN RIGHTS FIRST · New York · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM
for FEDERATION FOR AMERICAN IMMIGRATION REFORM · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
4 filings
SENATE
4 filings
Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS)
1 filing
Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
1 filing
Justice, Dept of (DOJ)
1 filing
State, Dept of (DOS)
1 filing
Treasury, Dept of
1 filing
White House Office
1 filing

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Cosponsors 34