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S. 2097: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

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S. 2097: Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-07-11 · Immigration · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-07-11 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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

Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

Plain summary

Protecting Sensitive Locations Act This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location unless there are exigent circumstances or if 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.

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Official text

Protecting Sensitive Locations Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · 21 cosponsors

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Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patty Murray (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Tina Smith (D-MN), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] reported raising $771,465 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Record fed-us-cong116-s2097 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116