A bill to nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities.

Bill: 115-s-415
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2017-02-16
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Border security and unlawful immigration

Civil actions and liability

Crime victims

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Homeland Security

Detention of persons

Immigration status and procedures

Intergovernmental relations

Law enforcement administration and funding

Law enforcement officers

Organized crime

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

State and local finance

State and local government operations

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2017-02-16
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-02-16
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill rescinds Executive Order 13768, entitled &quot;Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States.&quot; Among other things, that order raises questions regarding whether, and to what extent, federal agencies will withhold federal grant funds that would have otherwise been awarded to jurisdictions that willfully refuse to comply with a federal statute that bars states and localities from restricting sending or receiving information to or from federal immigration authorities (sanctuary jurisdictions).</p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 415 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 16, 2017 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Durbin , Mr. Coons , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Franken , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Booker , Mr. Markey , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Wyden , Ms. Harris , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Bennet , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Warren , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Menendez , and Mrs. Feinstein ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To nullify the effect of the recent Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities.

1. Rescission of Executive Order 13768 The provisions of Executive Order 13768 (82 Fed. Reg. 8799; January 25, 2017), entitled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States , are rescinded and shall not have any legal effect.