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119th Congress

S. 455

Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Richard Blumenthal(D-CT)
Introduced
Feb 6, 2025
Policy area
Immigration
Committees
Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Official text
Introduced in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (33)

Original cosponsors (21)

Added later (12)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in Senate” version

Protecting Sensitive Locations Act This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location except in exigent circumstances, such as the imminent risk of death, violence, or physical harm to any person. Sensitive locations include • health care facilities; • schools and school bus stops; • places that provide assistance for people such as children, pregnant women, and abuse victims; • child care facilities; • places that provide disaster or emergency services; • places of worship; • courthouses and lawyers’ offices; • facilities used as polling places; • certain labor union facilities; and • public assistance offices. The prohibition shall apply to Department of Homeland Security officers and agents, as well as state employees pursuing immigration enforcement actions. If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this prohibition (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected individual may move to immediately terminate such a proceeding. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall annually report to Congress about enforcement actions taken at sensitive locations in the preceding year.

Roll-call votes

No recorded votes on this bill.

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