Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act of 2017
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act of 2017
This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to: (1) establish, by statute, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); (2) establish within ICE the Offices of Homeland Security Investigations, Enforcement and Removal Operations, Principal Legal Advisor, Management and Administration, and Professional Responsibility; and (3) remove references to the Bureau of Border Security.
DHS shall: (1) authorize all deportation officers who have successfully completed basic immigration law enforcement training to exercise specified powers to arrest or to execute warrants for administrative and criminal arrests, and to carry firearms; (2) increase the number of ICE detention enforcement officers, deportation officers, and prosecutors; and (3) establish a pilot program for in-field electronic processing of documents, placing detainers, and collecting biometric identification data.
The bill establishes: (1) a Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office, and (2) an ICE Advisory Council.
What just happenedMay 24, 2017
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 11, 2017
- May 24, 2017Committee
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 15 - 8.
Judiciary Committee - May 24, 2017Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Judiciary Committee - May 23, 2017Committee
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Judiciary Committee - May 22, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Border Security and Enforcement Subcommittee - May 19, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Trade Subcommittee - May 11, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Ways and Means Committee - May 11, 2017Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee - May 11, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Homeland Security Committee - May 11, 2017IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- May 11, 2017IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Judiciary Committee - May 11, 2017IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 11, 2017IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House