Empowering Immigration Courts Act

United States117th CongressS-1051Senate
Latest legislative activity: Mar 25, 2021

Summary

Official Summary

Empowering Immigration Courts Act

This bill authorizes immigration judges to impose a fine for contempt in accordance with the criminal code. Currently, the Department of Justice is authorized to prescribe regulations providing immigration judges with such authority, but has not done so.

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Timeline

Latest companion bill action

HR-1121: Empowering Immigration Courts Act

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

  1. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

    Senate

  2. Introduced in Senate

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