Keep Our Cities Safe Act of 2018

Bill: 115-hr-6055
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gomez, Jimmy [D-CA-34]
Introduced: 2018-06-08
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government liability

Immigration status and procedures

Public contracts and procurement

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2018-07-30
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-06-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Keep Our Cities Safe Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to protect from criminal penalties a federal, state, or local government officer or employee, or a contract entity officer or employee, who while acting in accordance with state or local law is engaged in conduct which would otherwise violate the INA prohibition on bringing in and harboring certain aliens.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6055 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 8, 2018 Mr. Gomez (for himself, Ms. Lofgren , Mr. Takano , Mr. Grijalva , Mr. Smith of Washington , Mr. Payne , Ms. Norton , Ms. Jayapal , Mr. McGovern , and Mr. Quigley ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to indemnify government employees, and employees entities that have contracts with such governments, from certain judgements for acting within their capacity to comply with their official duties and responsibilities, and other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Keep Our Cities Safe Act of 2018 . 2. Indemnification for government employees Section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1324 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (f) Exception This section shall not apply to any officer or employee of the Federal Government, or of a State or local government, or to an officer or employee of an entity with which such a government has a contract, who is acting in accordance with the law of the State or locality in which the employee engaged in conduct which would otherwise violate this section. .