H.R. 1061 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the House, sent to the Committee on the Judiciary, Feb 6, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryLimits immigration enforcement near sensitive locations
This bill would create a 1,000-foot zone around certain sensitive locations—like schools, hospitals, places of worship, and courthouses—where immigration enforcement actions are generally prohibited. There are exceptions for emergency situations where there's an immediate risk of death or serious harm. If enforcement happens anyway in violation of this rule, any evidence from that action couldn't be used in deportation proceedings, and the person could ask to have their case dismissed.
How it affects you
If you visit schools, health care facilities, houses of worship, or other sensitive locations, immigration enforcement officers wouldn't be able to conduct operations there under this law. People facing immigration proceedings would have legal protections if enforcement violated these restrictions. The law would apply to federal immigration officers as well as state employees involved in immigration enforcement.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Feb 6, 2025)
Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
This bill prohibits immigration enforcement actions within 1,000 feet of a sensitive location except in exigent circumstances, such as the imminent risk of death, violence, or physical harm to any person.
Sensitive locations include
• health care facilities;
• schools and school bus stops;
• places that provide assistance for people such as children, pregnant women, and abuse victims;
• child care facilities;
• places that provide disaster or emergency services;
• places of worship;
• courthouses and lawyers’ offices;
• facilities used as polling places;
• certain labor union facilities; and
• public assistance offices.
The prohibition shall apply to Department of Homeland Security officers and agents, as well as state employees pursuing immigration enforcement actions.
If an enforcement action is carried out in violation of this prohibition (1) no information resulting from the action may be entered into the record in a resulting removal proceeding, and (2) the affected individual may move to immediately terminate such a proceeding.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall annually report to Congress about enforcement actions taken at sensitive locations in the preceding year.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 1061
A BILL
Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
Sponsor: Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) · Introduced Feb 6, 2025 · Immigration · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Feb 6, 2025: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.”