Public Safety First Act
This bill amends immigration law to require the immediate detention of certain non-citizens who are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit to committing specific crimes - including burglary, theft, shoplifting, assault on police officers, or crimes causing death/serious injury. It directly affects non-citizens facing these offenses by expanding mandatory detention under existing immigration rules. The key provision requires the Homeland Security Secretary to issue a detainer and take custody of such individuals if not already detained by authorities, using definitions of crimes based on the jurisdiction where the offense occurred.
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Jan 2025
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Introduced Jan 17, 2025
Last action Jan 17, 2025
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Jan 17, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Jan 17, 2025
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John Cornyn
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