,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #feba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #i1        
#bjbe,mr4 ,goldman of ,new ,york 7for   
himself1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 ,ms4          
,velzquez1 ,mr4 ,garcia of ,california1 
,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,mr4 ,mannion1    
,mr4 ,peters1 ,mr4 ,lieu1 ,ms4 ,clarke  
of ,new ,york1 ,ms4 ,meng1 ,mr4         
,carbajal1 ,mr4 ,torres of ,new ,york1  
,ms4 ,barragn1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4       
,craig1 ,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois1 ,mr4  
,krishnamoorthi1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4    
,johnson of ,georgia1 and ,mr4 ,tonko7  
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to restrict the 
,department of ,homeland ,security from 
arresting or detaining individuals in   
connection with appearances before      
immigration courts of the ,executive    
,office for ,immigration ,review1 and   
for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title   
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,immigration ,court ,due ,process       

,protection ,act of #bjbe4  #b4         
,restrictions on enforcement at         
immigration courts  7a7 ,in general     
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law except as otherwise provided        
explicitly in this section1 officers or 
agents of the ,department of ,homeland  
,security may not-- 7#a7 arrest or      
detain any individual while that        
individual is physically present at an  
,executive ,office for ,immigration     
,review immigration court facility for  
the purpose of attending or             
participating in a hearing1 except      
pursuant to a judicial warrant2 or  7#b7
 arrest or detain any individual        
immediately upon their arrival or       
departure from an ,executive ,office for
 ,immigration ,review immigration court 
facility if they are arriving or        
departing the facility for the purpose  
of attending or participating in a      
hearing1 except pursuant to a judicial  
warrant4  7b7 ,pending ,proceedings ,the
 restrictions on enforcement described  

under this section shall apply to any   
individual whose proceedings before an  
immigration judge or the ,board of      
,immigration ,appeals have not resulted 
in a final order of removal1 and shall  
apply to any individual during the      
pendency of any appeals or motions to   
reopen1 reconsider1 or otherwise        
challenge a final order of removal4  7c7
 ,exception ,nothing in this section may
 be construed to prohibit an officer or 
agent from taking action when necessary 
to prevent an imminent act of violence  
or specific1 articulable threat to life1
 public safety1 or national security4   
7d7 ,arrests at ,scheduled ,check-,ins  
,an officer or agent of the ,department 
of ,homeland ,security may not arrest or
 detain any individual while the        
individual appears for a scheduled      
appointment or check-in with any        
component of the ,department of         
,homeland ,security1 or upon their      
arrival or departure for such           
appointment or check-in1 unless-- 7#a7  

written authorization for arrest or     
detention is approved by a supervisory  
official of the ,department1 at a level 
not lower than the senior field         
management level1 specifying the legal  
basis for arrest2 and  7#b7 the arrest  
or detention is reported to the         
,inspector ,general within #cj days1 and
 included in the report required under  
section #c4  #c4 ,oversight ,on the date
 that is #a year after the effective    
date of this ,act1 and annually         
thereafter1 the ,inspector ,general of  
the ,department of ,homeland ,security  
shall submit to ,congress a report      
evaluating compliance with this ,act by 
officers and agents of the ,department  
of ,homeland ,security1 including-- 7#a7
 ,the number of attempted and completed 
arrests referred to in section #b4  7#b7
 ,the basis for each such arrests4  7#c7
 ,the procedural posture of each        
individual's immigration case who was   
arrested4  7#d7 ,steps taken by the     
,secretary of ,homeland ,security to    

ensure compliance1 including information
 provided as guidance or training to    
employees of the ,department of         
,homeland ,security4