Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2021

Bill: 117-s-846
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]
Introduced: 2021-03-18
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Criminal justice information and records

Government information and archives

Immigration status and procedures

Law enforcement administration and funding

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2021-03-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-03-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2021 </b></p> <p>This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prevent disclosing information from applications to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), except to implement the program. Application information may be shared only to identify or prevent fraudulent claims, for particularized national security purposes relating to the applicant, or to investigate or prosecute a felony not related to immigration status.</p> <p>The bill also prohibits DHS from referring any individual with deferred action status to ICE, CBP, the Department of Justice, or any law enforcement agency.<br> </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 846 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 18, 2021 Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal , Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mrs. Feinstein , Mr. Markey , Ms. Warren , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Merkley , Ms. Rosen , Mr. Reed , Mr. Wyden , Mr. Van Hollen , Ms. Klobuchar , Mr. Booker , Mr. Schatz , Mr. Cardin , Mr. Luján , and Mr. Leahy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To provide for the confidentiality of information submitted in requests for deferred action under the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2021 . 2. Definitions In this Act: (1) DACA program The term DACA program means the deferred action for childhood arrivals program described in the memorandum of the Department of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children issued on June 15, 2012. (2) Individual application information The term individual application information means any information, including personally identifiable information, submitted to the Secretary after June 15, 2012, as part of a request for consideration or reconsideration for the DACA program. (3) Secretary The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security. 3. Confidentiality of information submitted for DACA program (a) In general The Secretary shall protect individual application information from disclosure to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection for any purpose other than the implementation of the DACA program. (b) Referrals prohibited The Secretary may not refer to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Justice, or any other law enforcement agency any individual the case of whom has been deferred pursuant to the DACA program. (c) Limited exception Individual application information may be shared with national security and law enforcement agencies— (1) to identify or prevent fraudulent claims; (2) for particularized national security purposes relating to an individual application; and (3) for the investigation or prosecution of any felony not related to immigration status.