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119-s-149119th Congress

Public Safety First Act

Sponsored By: Senator Cornyn, John [R-TX]

Introduced

Summary

Expands mandatory immigration detention for certain theft-related offenses and assaults. This bill would make non-U.S. nationals who are unlawfully present or lack required admission documents subject to detention and inadmissibility if charged with or admitting to specified burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer, or crimes causing serious bodily injury or death.

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  • Families and noncitizens: Non-U.S. nationals who meet the presence and charge conditions would face mandatory DHS detention and potential inadmissibility under the cited immigration grounds.
  • Department of Homeland Security: DHS would be required to issue a detainer for such individuals and to take custody of them if they are not already held by federal, state, or local officials.
  • Legal definitions and local effects: The bill uses the meanings of burglary, theft, assault, and serious bodily injury from the jurisdiction where the acts occurred, which could lead to different detention triggers across states and localities.

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New mandatory detention for some immigrants

This bill would make some noncitizens inadmissible and subject to mandatory detention. It would apply when they are inadmissible under section 212(a)(6)(A), (6)(C), or (7). It would also apply when they are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit acts that amount to burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer, or any crime causing death or serious bodily injury. Those crime terms would have the meanings used in the jurisdiction where the acts happened. The Secretary of Homeland Security would have to issue a detainer and take custody if the person is not already detained by Federal, State, or local officials.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Cornyn, John [R-TX]

TX • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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