S. 455 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Feb 6, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summarySets boundaries for immigration enforcement actions
This bill would create zones around sensitive locations—like schools, hospitals, places of worship, and courthouses—where immigration enforcement actions generally cannot happen. The main exception is if there's an immediate danger like a threat of death or serious injury. If enforcement officers violate this rule, any information they gather cannot be used in removal proceedings, and the person involved could ask to have the case dismissed entirely. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection would have to report annually to Congress on any enforcement actions they do take at these sensitive locations.
How it affects you
If you use or work at any of these protected locations—whether you're a student, patient, person worshipping, or employee—immigration enforcement would generally not be able to approach you there except in emergencies. People facing removal proceedings would have stronger protections if enforcement officers violated these rules. Immigration enforcement officers and state agents involved in immigration enforcement would need to follow these new restrictions when carrying out their duties.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, 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 SessionS. 455
A BILL
Protecting Sensitive Locations Act
Sponsor: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · 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: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”