PROTECT Immigration Act

Bill: 117-s-1336
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Introduced: 2021-04-22
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Citizenship and naturalization

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Homeland Security

Detention of persons

Immigration status and procedures

Intergovernmental relations

Law enforcement officers

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-22
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-22
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act or the PROTECT Immigration Act</b> </p> <p>This bill establishes that the authority to investigate, apprehend, or detain aliens for the purposes of immigration enforcement is limited to immigration officers and authorized Department of Homeland Security employees, except when such authority is provided to other individuals under specified statutes. Specifically, this restriction does not apply in certain instances involving (1) an actual or imminent mass influx of aliens, (2) persons bringing in and harboring aliens in violation of immigration laws, or (3) an alien illegally present in the United States who had previously left or was deported after being convicted of a felony.</p> <p>The bill repeals the authority allowing the Department of Justice to enter into agreements authorizing state or local government employees to perform immigration enforcement functions.</p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1336 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 22, 2021 Mr. Booker (for himself, Mr. Schatz , Mr. Merkley , Mr. Sanders , and Mr. Durbin ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To discontinue a Federal program that authorizes State and local law enforcement officers to investigate, apprehend, and detain aliens in accordance with a written agreement with the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and to clarify that immigration enforcement is solely a function of the Federal Government.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting the Rights Of Towns against federal Enforcement contrary to Constitutional Tenets for Immigration Act or the PROTECT Immigration Act . 2. Rescission of State and local immigration enforcement authority Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) ) is amended to read as follows: (g) Except as provided in sections 103(a)(10) and 274(c) of this Act and in section 439 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C. 1252c ), the authority to inquire about or verify immigration or citizenship status and to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or detain an individual for a violation of this Act or any regulation authorized by this Act— (1) is restricted to immigration officers and authorized employees of the Department of Homeland Security; and (2) is subject to limits set forth in other provisions of law. .