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Bill · 119th Congress · S 149

Public Safety First Act

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Introduced 2025-01-17Topic: immigration

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Public Safety First Act This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who have been arrested for burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting. Specifically, DHS must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) 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.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2025-01-17SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2025-01-17Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.