,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #cj1        
#bjag,mr4 ,quigley 7for himself1 ,ms4   
,barragn1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1
 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,ms4   
,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4          
,espaillat1 ,ms4 ,michelle ,lujan       
,grisham of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4          
,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,larsen of ,washington1 
,mrs4 ,carolyn ,b4 ,maloney of ,new     
,york1 ,ms4 ,matsui1 ,ms4 ,mc,collum1   
,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,meeks1 ,ms4      
,moore1 ,mr4 ,nadler1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4
 ,beyer1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1
 ,mr4 ,serrano1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,titus1
 ,mr4 ,tonko1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,ms4        
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,ted     
,lieu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,mr4 
,smith of ,washington1 ,mrs4            
,napolitano1 and ,ms4 ,bonamici7        
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,oversight and ,government

 ,reform1 for a period to be            
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to protect any ,state or    
local authority that limits or restricts
 compliance with an immigration detainer
 request remains eligible for grants and
 appropriated funds4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,safeguarding ,sanctuary ,cities ,act of
 #bjag4  #b4 ,findings ,congress finds  
the following3  7#a7 ,existing ,federal 
law authorizes any authorized           
immigration officer to issue an         
immigration detainer that serves to     
advise another law enforcement agency   
that the ,federal department seeks      
custody of an undocumented immigrant    
presently in the custody of that agency1
 for the purpose of arresting and       
removing the undocumented immigrant4    
7#b7 ,unlike criminal detainers1 which  
are supported by a warrant and require  

probable cause1 there is no requirement 
for a warrant and no established        
standard of proof1 such as reasonable   
suspicion or probable cause1 for issuing
 an ,,ice detainer request4 ,immigration
 detainers have erroneously been placed 
on ,united ,states citizens1 as well as 
immigrants who are not deportable4  7#c7
 ,galarza v4 ,szalczyk1 ,u4,s4 ,court of
 ,appeals for the ,third ,circuit ruled 
in ,march #bjad that ,states and        
counties are not required to keep       
undocumented immigrants in jail on      
immigration detainers2 and in ,april    
#bjad1 ,miranda-,olivares v4 ,clackamas 
,county1 the ,u4,s4 ,district ,court in 
,portland1 ,oregon1 found that county   
governments would be exposed to civil   
rights lawsuits for honoring detainers  
not issued in compliance with ,fourth   
,amendment protections1 including a     
showing of probable cause4  #c4         
,discretion to comply with immigration  
detainers ,notwithstanding any other    
provision of law 7including section #fdb

 of the ,illegal ,immigration ,reform   
and ,immigrant ,responsibility ,act of  
#aiif71 if a ,state or unit of local    
government has in place any policy that 
limits or restricts compliance with a   
detainer or otherwise does not comply   
with a detainer1 ,federal financial     
assistance 7as such term is defined in  
section #geja7;a77#e7 of title #ca1     
,united ,states ,code7 that the ,state  
or unit of local government would       
otherwise receive may not be reduced or 
not made available to that ,state or    
unit of local government by reason of   
such noncompliance4  #d4 ,definitions   
,in this ,act1 the term detainer means  
any order or request by the ,secretary  
of ,homeland ,security to a ,state or   
local official-- 7#a7 to temporarily    
hold a person in the custody of that    
,state or unit of local government until
 such person may be taken into ,federal 
custody2  7#b7 to transport such a      
person for transfer to ,federal custody2
 or  7#c7 to notify the ,secretary prior

 to the release of such a person4