By The FirstDemocrats in the House and Senate unveiled new legislation Friday that would effectively prohibit ‘LGBTQ2IA+ Migrants’ from being detained at the US-Mexico border because they are “vulnerable persons.”
“Our immigration system has allowed for the unjust treatment of immigrants and stripped them of their humanity and due process,” Sen. Cory Booker said in a Thursday statement. “We must respect and protect the basic rights of immigrants detained in the United States.”
From Fox News:
The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act, from Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., is aimed at setting minimum standards for detention facilities where thousands of illegal aliens are kept as they await processing. Among other things, it would bar the use of private detention facilities and make sure government-run facilities meet minimum standards as defined by the American Bar Association.
Under the legislation, the Department of Homeland Security could arrest illegal aliens and either release them on bond or detain them while a decision is made on whether to remove them from the country. The bill sets out new rules on detention that favor aliens.
For example, officials would have to decide within 48 hours whether to detain an alien, and could only detain them after a determination that “the release of an alien will not reasonably ensure the appearance of the alien as required or will endanger the safety” of others. In those cases, DHS “shall impose the least restrictive conditions” for detention, and ensure they get a custody hearing within 72 hours. And in those hearings, “there shall be a presumption that the alien should be released,” the bill said.
