Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-7059
Sponsor: Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23]
Introduced: 2018-10-12 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Appropriations
Arizona
Border security and unlawful immigration
California
Citizenship and naturalization
Civil actions and liability
Congressional oversight
Crimes against property
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Drug trafficking and controlled substances
Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
Executive agency funding and structure
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government liability
Human trafficking
Immigration status and procedures
Intergovernmental relations
Judicial review and appeals
Juvenile crime and gang violence
Latin America
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Mexico
Military personnel and dependents
New Mexico
Organized crime
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local government operations
Terrorism
Texas
Violent crime
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2018-10-12
text: 

Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act of 2018

 
This bill amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to modify provisions relating to the enforcement of immigration laws. Specifically, the bill prohibits any individual (e.g., an employer) from restricting or interfering with the enforcement of the immigration laws by federal officials. It also denies states or localities (i.e., sanctuary jurisdictions) that fail to cooperate in the enforcement of the immigration laws eligibility for federal funds and law enforcement grants under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. 
 
The bill amends detainer provisions to authorize the Department of Homeland Security to issue detainers for the arrest of an illegal alien if there is probable cause to believe that the alien is inadmissible or deportable. It also provides qualified immunity to governmental and certain nongovernmental entities that detain an alien, except in cases of mistreatment, and allows a private right of action to relatives of victims of crime committed by an alien released from custody by a state or local governmental entity that failed to honor a detainer. 
 
The bill also
 
 
revises provisions requiring detention of aliens during the pendency of removal proceedings to require indefinite detention of aliens who have committed certain serious crimes;
 
 enhances penalties for the criminal offense of reentry after removal;
 
 establishes new and specific grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for aliens who are members of designated criminal gangs (consisting of five or more persons); and 
 
 provides funding for border barriers, technology and other resources at the southern border to prevent illegal entry. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2018-10-18
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2018-10-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-10-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-10-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-10-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-10-12
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Armed Services, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2018-10-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2018-10-12
text: Introduced in House