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Bill Sponsorship: S.2540/H.R.4646
Source: Fair Day in Court for Kids Act
This bill authorizes the Department of Justice (DOJ) to appoint or provide counsel at government expense to aliens in removal proceedings.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall provide an alien in removal proceedings with all relevant documents in its possession, unless the alien has knowingly waived the right to such documents. DOJ may appoint or provide counsel to aliens in any INA proceeding.DHS shall ensure that aliens have access to counsel inside all immigration detention and border facilities.DOJ shall appoint counsel, at government expense if necessary, for an unaccompanied alien child or a particularly vulnerable individual.DHS shall establish a pilot program to increase the court appearance rates of unaccompanied alien children and particularly vulnerable individuals by contracting with nongovernmental, community-based organizations to provide such aliens with case management services.
Also see the related House of Representatives bill H.R.4646Updated with S.2468 - Fair Day in Court for Kids Act of 2018
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 12.
Question 12: Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Immigration
- Headline: Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported
(Score: 1)
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 4.
- Headline: Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported
(Answer: B)
- Headline 2: Provide lawyers and evidence for children being deported
(Answer: B)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 4 on
Immigration:
When you think about illegal immigration, which of the following solutions come closest to your opinion?
- A: All illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US legally
- B: Most illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the US, with some exceptions
- C: Most illegal immigrants should be deported, with some exceptions
- D: All illegal immigrants should be deported
- E: Unsure
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 16-S2540 |
| Richard Blumenthal |
s1o | CT Democratic Sr Senator | Feb 22, 2016 |
| Cory Booker |
s1o | NJ Democratic Jr Senator | Feb 22, 2016 |
| Barbara Boxer |
s1o | CA Democratic Jr Senator (retiring 2016) | Mar 7, 2016 |
| Sherrod Brown |
s1o | OH Democratic Sr Senator | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Maria Cantwell |
s1o | WA Democratic Jr Senator | Apr 11, 2016 |
| Chris Coons |
s1o | DE Democratic Jr Senator | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Catherine Cortez Masto |
s1o | NV Democratic Senate candidate | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Richard Durbin |
s1o | IL Democratic Sr Senator | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Dianne Feinstein |
s1o | CA Democratic Sr Senator | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Al Franken |
s1o | MN Democrat/DFL Jr Senator (resigned 2017) | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Kirsten Gillibrand |
s1o | New York Democrat | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Kamala Harris |
s1o | CA Democratic nominee for Vice President; California Senator | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Mazie Hirono |
s2p | Hawaii Democrat (Senate run 2012) | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Patrick Leahy |
s1o | VT Democratic Sr Senator | Jul 23, 2018 |
| Robert Menendez |
s1o | New Jersey Democrat | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Jeff Merkley |
s1o | OR Democratic Jr Senator | Feb 28, 2018 |
| Barbara Mikulski |
s1o | MD Democratic Sr Senator (Retiring 2016) | Apr 7, 2016 |
| Patty Murray |
s1o | WA Democratic Sr Senator | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Harry Reid |
s2p | NV Democratic Sr Senator (Retiring 2016) | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Bernie Sanders |
s1o | POTUS Democratic Presidential candidate | Feb 22, 2016 |
| Tom Udall |
s1o | New Mexico Democrat (Senate 2008) | Feb 11, 2016 |
| Elizabeth Warren |
s1o | MA Democratic Challenger | Apr 6, 2016 |
| Ron Wyden |
s1o | OR Democratic Sr Senator | Feb 24, 2016 |
Republicans
participating in 16-S2540 |
Independents
participating in 16-S2540 |
Total recorded by OnTheIssues:
Democrats:
23
Republicans:
0
Independents:
0 |
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