Democrats have introduced a bill that gives special privileges to any illegal immigrants who are considered “vulnerable.”
The bill, titled “The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act” protects illegal immigrants from being locked up long-term if they identify as “LGBTQ” or other protected classes.
The bill would also protect anyone under the age of 21 or older than 60, asylum seekers, survivors of torture or gender-based violence, pregnant women, those experiencing “severe trauma,” and illegal aliens with “limited English language proficiency.”
From The Blaze:
The Department of Homeland Security has 48 hours to detain arrested illegal aliens or release them on bond. However, the bill would have a "special rule for vulnerable persons and primary caregivers" that would force DHS to release protected illegal immigrants. The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act declares that illegal aliens "may not be detained" unless the DHS can demonstrate that it is "unreasonable or not practicable to place the alien in a community-based supervision program." Congresswoman Jayapal said the bill would "go a long way to restore humanity and dignity to the immigration system." "There’s no question that our immigration system is broken," Jayapal said in a statement. "The Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act urgently reforms the alarming injustices of a broken, for-profit immigration detention system by ending the use of private detention facilities altogether, repealing mandatory detention, and prohibiting family detention while also restoring due process and increasing oversight, accountability, and transparency measures."
