Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act
Latest action · Jun 11, 2008 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 11, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Sets forth provisions regarding procedures and standards applicable to aliens detained in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody and the conditions of such custody, which shall address: (1) fair and humane treatment; (2) solitary confinement limitations; (3) investigation of grievances; (4) access to telephones and legal assistance; (5) detainee transfers; (6) translation capabilities; (7) medical care; (8) vulnerable populations; (9) standards for non-criminal detainees; (10) personnel training; and (11) reporting of detainee deaths.
Establishes in DHS: (1) an Office of Detention Oversight; and (2) a detention alternatives program under which detainees may be released under enhanced supervision.
Provides for: (1) legal orientation for immigration and asylum detainees; (2) construction or use of less restrictive detention facilities, including facilities for families with children; and (3) quality assurance procedures regarding expedited removal interviews.
Cosponsors 7
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2008 to Jul 24, 2008, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Original | Jun 11, 2008 |
| D-MA | Edward M. Kennedy | Original | Jun 11, 2008 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Jun 11, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Jul 7, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Akaka | Jul 8, 2008 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Jul 21, 2008 | |
| D-HI | Daniel K. Inouye | Jul 24, 2008 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jun 11, 2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act)
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Administrative remedies
- Admission of nonimmigrants
- Aliens
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Congress
- Congressional reporting requirements
- Correctional institutions
- Death
- Department of Homeland Security
- Deportation
- Detention of persons
- Employee training
- Evidence (Law)
- Executive reorganization
- Families
- Government Operations and Politics
- Governmental investigations
- Health
- Immigrant health
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Language and languages
- Law
- Legal services
- Political persecution
- Prison alternatives
- Prisoners' rights
- Public-private partnerships
- Quality of care
- Refugees
- Right of asylum
- Standards
- Torture
- Translating and interpreting
- Victims of crimes
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2008Introduced in Senate
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