Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act

A bill to provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, to improve conditions of detention for detainees, and for other purposes.

6/11/2008--Introduced.
Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act - Sets forth provisions regarding procedures and standards applicable to aliens detained in Department of Homeland Security (DHS) custody and the conditions of such custody, which shall address:
(1) fair and humane treatment;
(2) solitary confinement limitations;
(3) investigation of grievances;
(4) access to telephones and legal assistance;
(5) detainee transfers;
(6) translation capabilities;
(7) medical care;
(8) vulnerable populations;
(9) standards for non-criminal detainees;
(10) personnel training; and
(11) reporting of detainee deaths.
Establishes in DHS:
(1) an Office of Detention Oversight; and
(2) a detention alternatives program under which detainees may be released under enhanced supervision.
Provides for:
(1) legal orientation for immigration and asylum detainees;
(2) construction or use of less restrictive detention facilities, including facilities for families with children; and
(3) quality assurance procedures regarding expedited removal interviews.


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Sponsor

• Sen. Joseph Lieberman [I, CT]
• and 7 Co-Sponsors
  • Sen. Daniel Akaka [D, HI]
  • Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]
  • Sen. Richard Durbin [D, IL]
  • Charles Hagel
  • Sen. Daniel Inouye [D, HI]
  • Sen. Edward Kennedy [D, MA]
  • Sen. Robert Menéndez [D, NJ]
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Committees

• Senate Judiciary

Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to S.3114

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Introduced		Voted on by Senate		Voted on by House		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
June 11, 2008

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• Introduced on Jun 11, 2008.
• Jun 11, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act)
• Jun 11, 2008: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Immigration
• Administrative remedies
• Admission of nonimmigrants
• Aliens
• 36 more
• Children
• Civil rights
• Communications
• Congress
• Congressional reporting requirements
• Correctional institutions
• Death
• Department of Homeland Security
• Deportation
• Detention of persons
• Employee training
• Evidence (Law)
• Executive departments
• Executive reorganization
• Families
• Foreign policy
• Governmental investigations
• Immigrant health
• International affairs
• Job training
• Language and languages
• Law
• Legal services
• Medical care
• Medicine
• Political persecution
• Prison alternatives
• Prisoners' rights
• Public-private partnerships
• Quality of care
• Refugees
• Right of asylum
• Standards
• Torture
• Translating and interpreting
• Victims of crimes

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June 12, 2008 Human Rights First Welcomes Bill to Address Flawed Immigration ...

NEW YORK - June 12 - A bi-partisan group of Senators introduced “The Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act” (S. 3114) yesterday. ...

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July 21, 2008 Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act Reintroduced; Opportunity ...

... States by supporting the Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act, S. 3114, reintroduced today by Senators Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., and Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska. ...

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June 19, 2008 Shot Yourself? Blame a Hispanic: Pro-Migrant SanctuarySphere

Members of the US Congress have a significant opportunity to restore decency and end the human rights violations inside immigrant detention centers in the United States by supporting the Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act, S. 3114 ...

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June 19, 2008 Tonight: Night of 1000 Conversations - NAM

Joseph Lieberman, ID-Conn., introduced the bipartisan Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act (S.3114), which mandates improved detention conditions and enhances the rights of asylum seekers. Local and state organizations are also ...

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