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To provide for improvements in the treatment of detainees, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-913| House 
| Updated: 3/9/2017
Bill Foster

Bill Foster

Democratic Representative

Illinois

Cosponsors (17)
Nita M. Lowey (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)John Lewis (Democratic)Luis V. Gutierrez (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Adam Smith (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to: establish within the Executive Office for Immigration Review an Office of Legal Access Programs to administer a system of legal orientation programs to make immigration proceedings more efficient by educating aliens regarding administrative procedures and legal rights under U.S. immigration law and to establish other programs to assist in providing aliens access to legal information; and submit a plan to Congress that includes a schedule to develop and deploy legal orientation programs for all detainees. The legal orientation programs shall: provide programs to assist detained aliens in making decisions regarding their removal and eligibility for relief from removal in order to increase efficiency s in immigration proceedings and federal custody processes and to improve access to legal services; ensure that programs and written notice of rights are available in English and the five most common native languages spoken by the detainees held in custody at that location during the preceding fiscal year; and identify unaccompanied alien children, aliens with a serious mental disability, and other particularly vulnerable aliens for right to counsel considerations. Such programs may provide services to detained aliens in specified immigration (detention and removal) and asylum proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security shall establish procedures: (1) that ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all detained aliens within five days of arrival into custody; and (2) to inform such aliens of the basic procedures of immigration hearings, their rights relating to those hearings, information that may deter such aliens from filing frivolous legal claims, and a contact list of potential legal resources and providers.
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Timeline
Feb 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  • February 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • March 9, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Immigration

Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesBorder security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeDetention of personsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesImmigration status and proceduresLawyers and legal servicesRefugees, asylum, displaced persons

To provide for improvements in the treatment of detainees, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-913| House 
| Updated: 3/9/2017
Immigrant Detainee Legal Rights Act This bill directs the Department of Justice to: establish within the Executive Office for Immigration Review an Office of Legal Access Programs to administer a system of legal orientation programs to make immigration proceedings more efficient by educating aliens regarding administrative procedures and legal rights under U.S. immigration law and to establish other programs to assist in providing aliens access to legal information; and submit a plan to Congress that includes a schedule to develop and deploy legal orientation programs for all detainees. The legal orientation programs shall: provide programs to assist detained aliens in making decisions regarding their removal and eligibility for relief from removal in order to increase efficiency s in immigration proceedings and federal custody processes and to improve access to legal services; ensure that programs and written notice of rights are available in English and the five most common native languages spoken by the detainees held in custody at that location during the preceding fiscal year; and identify unaccompanied alien children, aliens with a serious mental disability, and other particularly vulnerable aliens for right to counsel considerations. Such programs may provide services to detained aliens in specified immigration (detention and removal) and asylum proceedings. The Department of Homeland Security shall establish procedures: (1) that ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all detained aliens within five days of arrival into custody; and (2) to inform such aliens of the basic procedures of immigration hearings, their rights relating to those hearings, information that may deter such aliens from filing frivolous legal claims, and a contact list of potential legal resources and providers.
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Timeline
Feb 7, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 7, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 9, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
  • February 7, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 7, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • March 9, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Bill Foster

Bill Foster

Democratic Representative

Illinois

Cosponsors (17)
Nita M. Lowey (Democratic)Karen Bass (Democratic)Adriano Espaillat (Democratic)Vicente Gonzalez (Democratic)Michelle Lujan Grisham (Democratic)Henry C. "Hank" Johnson (Democratic)Keith Ellison (Democratic)Theodore E. Deutch (Democratic)John Lewis (Democratic)Luis V. Gutierrez (Democratic)Pramila Jayapal (Democratic)Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democratic)Jamie Raskin (Democratic)Mike Quigley (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Adam Smith (Democratic)Gwen Moore (Democratic)

Judiciary Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

Immigration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesBorder security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityDepartment of JusticeDetention of personsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment information and archivesImmigration status and proceduresLawyers and legal servicesRefugees, asylum, displaced persons