,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcih  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #ae1       
#bjag,ms4 ,barragn 7for herself1 ,ms4   
,lofgren1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,evans1    
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4
 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,mr4 ,gutirrez1 
,mr4 ,vargas1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,mr4 ,gomez1  
,mr4 ,carbajal1 and ,mr4 ,kihuen7       
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to require the  
,secretary of ,homeland ,security to    
suspend immigration enforcement         
operations within an area for which the 
,president has declared a major disaster
 or an emergency1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,safe ,emergency    
,response ,act4  #b4 ,suspension of less
 serious immigration enforcement        
operations in areas affected by major   
disaster or emergency  7a7 ,in general  
,the ,secretary of ,homeland ,security  
shall suspend immigration enforcement   

operations and initiatives1 including   
immigration enforcement initiatives     
associated with evacuations or          
sheltering and the use of checkpoints   
for immigration enforcement purposes1   
within an area for which the ,president 
has declared a major disaster or an     
emergency under section #dja or #eja1   
respectively1 of the ,robert ,t4        
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eaba et seq474  7b7 ,state   
and local responsibilities ,to the      
extent ,state and local officials are   
otherwise permitted to participate in   
immigration enforcement1 including any  
lawful detention of individuals who are 
not citizens of the ,united ,states1    
such participation shall be suspended   
except in cases specifically identified 
by the ,secretary of ,homeland          
,security1 and communicated to the      
,state or locality1 that pose an urgent 
and individualized threat to public     
safety or national security4 ,with      

respect to persons in ,state or local   
detention during a major disaster or an 
emergency1 the ,secretary of ,homeland  
,security should advise and support     
,state and local law enforcement        
agencies to prioritize the safety needs 
of their communities and individual     
detainees4