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116th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 5383

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 10, 2019

Mr. García of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Jayapal, Ms. Bass, Ms. Pressley, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Velázquez, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Escobar, Ms. Omar, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Rush, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Takano, Ms. Barragán, Mr. McGovern, Ms. Meng, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Clarke of New York, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Mr. Vargas, Mr. Cárdenas, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mr. Correa, and Mr. Meeks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the "New Way Forward Act".

I. End Mandatory Detention and Require Probable Cause for Arrest

1. Phase-out of private for-profit detention facilities and use of jails

2. Procedures for detaining aliens

II. Statute of Limitations

1. Time for commencing removal proceedings

III. Limit Criminal-System-to-Removal Pipeline

1. Criminal offenses and immigration laws

IV. Restore Judicial Discretion and End Removal Without Due Process

1. Immigration procedural changes

V. Prohibition against Performance of Immigration Officer Functions by State and Local Officers and Employees

1. Local enforcement

2. National Crime Information Center

VI. Decriminalize Migration

601. Repealing migration criminal laws

VII. Right To Come Home

1. Reconsidering and reopening immigration cases