“To limit the authority immigration officers have at protected emergency response locations.”
No CRS summary available for this bill.
This section prohibits immigration enforcement actions at, focused on, or within 1,000 feet of protected emergency response locations by DHS officers or agents (i.e., ICE and CBP personnel) and designated individuals, except under exigent circumstances. (If exigent circumstances cease or uncertainty exists, officers must discontinue the action, consult a supervisor in real time, and resume only upon affirmative supervisor confirmation; when proceeding, officers must act discreetly, minimize time on site, and limit to pre-approved targets.) The prohibition does not apply to transporting border apprehendees for medical care or rare premeditated arrests (with prior written approval) of terrorist suspects, national security threats, or extraordinary public safety dangers. This section further provides that violations render resulting information inadmissible in removal proceedings and allow motions for immediate termination of such proceedings; requires annual training on these restrictions (and related sensitive-location rules) for employees under specified ICE and CBP officials; and directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to report details of each such enforcement action (e.g., date, location, justification, targets, arrests) to DHS's Inspector General and Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within 30 days. (As background, 8 U.S.C. 1357 authorizes immigration officers to interrogate suspected aliens, make warrantless arrests for immigration violations or certain federal offenses, board/search conveyances near borders, and access private lands within 25 miles of external boundaries.)