S. 1591: End Mass Deportation Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-22 · Immigration · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

End Mass Deportation Act

Plain summary

End Mass Deportation Act This bill rescinds Executive Order 13768, dated January 25, 2017, entitled Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States . (The executive order contains various provisions relating to immigration enforcement, including ones (1) directing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to prioritize removal of certain criminal aliens, and (2) authorizing the Department of Justice and DHS to render a sanctuary jurisdiction ineligible for certain federal grants if the jurisdiction willfully violates any law requiring local officials to cooperate with immigration enforcement officials.)

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Official text

End Mass Deportation Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] · 24 cosponsors

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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Patty Murray (D-WA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] reported raising $2.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s1591.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s1591 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116