Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Takano
Introduced
Summary
This bill would prohibit imprisoning or detaining someone solely because of a protected characteristic. It defines those characteristics and covers both actual and perceived traits, and it lets the Attorney General add more characteristics over time.
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- People and families from the listed groups would be shielded from detention based only on traits such as race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability.
- Law enforcement and courts would be barred from detaining someone solely for a protected trait, while still able to detain people for other lawful reasons when additional factors exist.
- The Attorney General would be able to designate extra protected characteristics, allowing the scope of protection to expand over time.
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1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Block detention based on protected traits
This bill would add a federal rule that bars jailing or holding someone just for a protected trait. Protected traits would include race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, and disability. It would cover traits that are real or only perceived. The Attorney General could add more traits, but could not remove the ones listed. Officers could still detain someone when there are other lawful reasons. If enacted, this would take effect upon enactment.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Takano
CA • D
Cosponsors
Matsui
CA • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Tokuda
HI • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Meng
NY • D
Sponsored 2/18/2025
Case
HI • D
Sponsored 3/4/2025
Goldman (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 11/7/2025
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