PROFILED Act
Latest action · Mar 28, 2017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
- IntroducedMar 28, 2017
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting the Rights of Families and Immigrants Who Legally Entered from Detention Act or the PROFILED Act
This bill prohibits a law enforcement agent or agency from engaging in racial profiling. It creates a civil cause of action permitting declaratory or injunctive relief to enforce this ban on racial profiling.
The Department of Justice shall issue regulations requiring law enforcement agencies to collect certain data relating to investigatory activities, including, but not limited to, collecting information on the race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, and religion of persons subject to investigatory activities.
The bill requires that law enforcement agents give notice to persons suspected of immigration violations of their right to counsel (at no expense to the federal government), the right to remain silent, and notice that any statements given by the individual can be used against them in a removal or criminal proceeding. Any evidence obtained in violation of this requirement cannot be used against the individual in a removal proceeding.
Not later than 48 hours after an individual has been detained, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall file a notice to appear with the closest immigration court.
No later than six hours after detention, a detained individual must be allowed to use the telephone to make calls at no charge to the detainee.
DHS shall issue regulations prohibiting officials from detaining individuals on various premises, including schools, courts, and places of worship, unless there exist exigent circumstances. DHS must also issue regulations pertaining to the transfer of detainees, including the factors to be considered when deciding whether to transfer the detainee.
The bill defines various rights accorded to vulnerable populations and to parents who have been detained by immigration officers. The position of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ombudsman is established in DHS.
Cosponsors 5
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2017 to Mar 29, 2017, with 4 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Mar 28, 2017 |
| D-CA | Kamala D. Harris | Original | Mar 28, 2017 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 28, 2017 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Mar 28, 2017 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Mar 29, 2017 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2017Introduced in Senate
- Mar 28, 2017Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advisory bodies
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Child care and development
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Congressional oversight
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal justice information and records
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Justice
- Detention of persons
- Due process and equal protection
- Evidence and witnesses
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Federal-Indian relations
- Foreign aid and international relief
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Government information and archives
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intergovernmental relations
- Land use and conservation
- Latin America
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Legal fees and court costs
- Mexico
- Organized crime
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Racial and ethnic relations
- Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
- Religion
- Right of privacy
- Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- Violent crime
- Women's health
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2017Introduced in Senate
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