Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.

Highlights:

• Requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting (Sec. 2-3).

• Authorizes states to sue the federal government for decisions or alleged failures related to immigration enforcement (Sec. 2-3).

• Requires detainment of an individual who (Sec. 2-3):

• is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and 

• has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts that constitute the essential elements of burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting.

• Authorizes state governments to sue for injunctive relief over certain immigration-related decisions or alleged failures by the federal government if the decision or failure caused the state or its residents harm, including financial harm of more than $100.

• Specifies that state governments may sue the federal government over (Sec. 2-3):

• A decision to release a non-U.S. national from custody;

• Failure to fulfill requirements relating to inspecting individuals seeking admission into the United States, including requirements related to asylum interviews;

• Failure to fulfill a requirement to stop issuing visas to nationals of a country that unreasonably denies or delays acceptance of nationals of that country;

• Violation of limitations on immigration parole, such as the requirement that parole be granted only on a case-by-case basis; or

• Failure to detain an individual who has been ordered removed from the United States.

Full Bill Text

Full Bill Text