Public Safety First Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 17, 2025, with no cosponsors
IntroducedJan 17, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 86 words.
Public Safety First Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. Specifically, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Judiciary Committee
- Policy area
- Immigration: 20 of 2,400 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.8%)
- Sponsor
- 46 of 577 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 241 words
- Latest action
- Jan 17, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Shared text, or included in a law · 1
- 119th S. 5 Laken Riley Act R · Law
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]