SEC. 2. POWERS OF IMMIGRATION OFFICERS AND EMPLOY-
EES AT SENSITIVE LOCATIONS. 
Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1357) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i)(1) In order to ensure individuals’ access to sen-
sitive locations, this subsection shall apply to any enforce-
ment action by— 
‘‘(A) officers or agents of the Department of 
Homeland Security, including officers and agents of 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and 
‘‘(B) any individual designated to perform im-
migration enforcement functions pursuant to sub-
section (g). 
‘‘(2)(A) An enforcement action may not take place 
at, be focused on, or occur within, 1,000 feet of, a sensitive 
location, except— 
‘‘(i) under exigent circumstances; and 
‘‘(ii) if prior approval is obtained. 
‘‘(B) If an enforcement action is taking place under 
exigent circumstances, and the exigent circumstances per-
mitting the enforcement action cease, the enforcement ac-
tion shall be discontinued until such exigent circumstances 
reemerge. 
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‘‘(3)(A) When proceeding with an enforcement action 
at or near a sensitive location, individuals referred to in 
subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) shall make 
every effort— 
‘‘(i) to conduct themselves as discreetly as pos-
sible, consistent with officer and public safety; 
‘‘(ii) to limit the time spent at the sensitive lo-
cation; and 
‘‘(iii) to limit the enforcement action to the per-
son or persons for whom prior approval was ob-
tained. 
‘‘(B) If, in the course of an enforcement action that 
is not initiated at or focused on a sensitive location, indi-
viduals referred to in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (1) are led to or near a sensitive location, and no 
exigent circumstance and prior approval with respect to 
the sensitive location exists, such individuals shall— 
‘‘(i) cease before taking any further enforce-
ment action; 
‘‘(ii) conduct themselves in a discreet manner; 
‘‘(iii) maintain surveillance; and 
‘‘(iv) immediately consult their supervisor in 
order to determine whether such enforcement action 
should be discontinued. 
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‘‘(C) This section shall not apply to the transpor-
tation of an individual apprehended at or near a land or 
sea border to a hospital or health care provider for the 
purpose of providing such individual medical care. 
‘‘(4) If an enforcement action is carried out in viola-
tion of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) no information resulting from the enforce-
ment action may be entered into the record or re-
ceived into evidence in a removal proceeding result-
ing from the enforcement action; and 
‘‘(B) the alien who is the subject of such re-
moval proceeding may file a motion for the imme-
diate termination of the removal proceeding. 
‘‘(5)(A) Each official specified in subparagraph (B) 
shall ensure that the employees under the supervision of 
such official receive annual training in compliance with the 
requirements of this subsection and section 239 of this 
Act and section 384 of the Illegal Immigration Reform 
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
1367). 
‘‘(B) The officials specified in this subparagraph are 
the following: 
‘‘(i) The Chief Counsel of U.S. Immigration 
and Customs Enforcement. 
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‘‘(ii) The Field Office Directors of U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement. 
‘‘(iii) Each Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Im-
migration and Customs Enforcement. 
‘‘(iv) Each Chief Patrol Agent of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection. 
‘‘(v) The Director of Field Operations of U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection. 
‘‘(vi) The Director of Air and Marine Oper-
ations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
‘‘(vii) The Internal Affairs Special Agent in 
Charge of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. 
‘‘(6)(A) The Director of U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection shall each submit to the appro-
priate committees of Congress each year a report on the 
enforcement actions undertaken by U.S. Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection, respectively, during the preceding year that were 
covered by this subsection. 
‘‘(B) Each report on an agency for a year under this 
paragraph shall set forth the following: 
‘‘(i) The number of enforcement actions at or 
focused on a sensitive location. 
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‘‘(ii) The number of enforcement actions where 
officers or agents were subsequently led to or near 
a sensitive location. 
‘‘(iii) The date, site, State, and local political 
subdivision (such as city, town, or county) in which 
each enforcement action covered by clause (i) or (ii) 
occurred. 
‘‘(iv) The component of the agency responsible 
for each such enforcement action. 
‘‘(v) A description of the intended target of 
each such enforcement action. 
‘‘(vi) The number of individuals, if any, ar-
rested or taken into custody through each such en-
forcement action. 
‘‘(vii) The number of collateral arrests, if any, 
from each such enforcement action and the reasons 
for each such arrest. 
‘‘(viii) A certification of whether the location 
administrator was contacted prior to, during, or 
after each such enforcement action. 
‘‘(7) In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) The term ‘appropriate committees of Con-
gress’ means— 
‘‘(i) the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 
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‘‘(ii) the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
Senate; 
‘‘(iii) the Committee on Homeland Security 
of the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(iv) the Committee on the Judiciary of 
the House of Representatives; 
‘‘(v) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(vi) the Committee on Appropriations of 
the Senate. 
‘‘(B) The term ‘early childhood education pro-
gram’ has the meaning given the term under section 
103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1003). 
‘‘(C) The term ‘enforcement action’ means an 
arrest, interview, search, or surveillance for the pur-
poses of immigration enforcement, and includes an 
enforcement action at, or focused on, a sensitive lo-
cation that is part of a joint case led by another law 
enforcement agency. 
‘‘(D) The term ‘exigent circumstances’ means a 
situation involving the following: 
‘‘(i) The imminent risk of death, violence, 
or physical harm to any person, including a sit-
uation implicating terrorism or the national se-
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