Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
Latest action · Mar 5, 2021 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2021
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location unless there are exigent circumstances and written prior approval has been obtained from certain officials.
Sensitive locations include
- health care facilities;
- schools and school bus stops;
- places that provide assistance for people such as children, pregnant women, and abuse victims;
- places that provide disaster or emergency services;
- places of worship;
- courthouses and lawyers' offices; and
- public assistance offices.
The prohibition shall apply to Department of Homeland Security officers and agents, as well as state employees pursuing immigration enforcement actions.
If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this prohibition (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected alien may move to immediately terminate such a proceeding.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall annually report to Congress about enforcement actions taken at sensitive locations in the preceding year.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2021 to Feb 18, 2021; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jan 28, 2021 |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Feb 4, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Feb 5, 2021 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 8, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Feb 8, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Feb 11, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Feb 18, 2021 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2021 |
| Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee | Referred Mar 5, 2021 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 5, 2021Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
- Jan 28, 2021Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 17, January 28, 2021, page H251.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSB10362 | Immigration Arrests in the Interior of the United States: A Primer | Insight | Jun 13, 2025 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1011 | Protecting Sensitive Locations Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 25, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations, to clarify the powers of immigration officers at sensitive locations, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
- Border security and unlawful immigration
- Cemeteries and funerals
- Child safety and welfare
- Congressional oversight
- Crime victims
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Department of Homeland Security
- Detention of persons
- Disability and paralysis
- Disaster relief and insurance
- Domestic violence and child abuse
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Evidence and witnesses
- Food assistance and relief
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Health facilities and institutions
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- Immigration
- Immigration status and procedures
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Lawyers and legal services
- Protest and dissent
- Religion
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 28, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
