End Mass Deportation Act

Bill: 116-s-1591
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV]
Introduced: 2019-05-22
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: 2019-05-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>End Mass Deportation Act</b></p> <p>This bill rescinds Executive Order 13768, dated January 25, 2017, entitled <em>Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States</em>. </p> <p>(The executive order contains various provisions relating to immigration enforcement, including ones (1) directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prioritize removal of certain criminal aliens, and (2) authorizing the Department of Justice and DHS to render a sanctuary&nbsp;jurisdiction ineligible for certain federal grants if the jurisdiction willfully violates any law requiring local officials to cooperate with immigration enforcement officials.)</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1591 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 22, 2019 Ms. Cortez Masto (for herself, Mr. Durbin , Ms. Harris , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Warren , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Markey , Mr. Booker , Ms. Duckworth , Mr. Brown , Mrs. Murray , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Sanders , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Kaine , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Klobuchar , Mrs. Gillibrand , Ms. Rosen , Ms. Baldwin , Mr. Leahy , Mr. Menendez , Mrs. Feinstein , and Mr. Coons ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To nullify the effect of the Executive order that makes the vast majority of unauthorized individuals priorities for removal and aims to withhold critical Federal funding to sanctuary cities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Mass Deportation Act . 2. 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.