[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1487 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1487

 To prohibit use of Federal funds to apprehend, detain, or remove from 
 the United States any alien who was granted deferred action under the 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, if the alien lost their 
  deferred action status solely as a direct or indirect result of any 
       action taken by the President or another Federal official.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2017

  Mrs. Torres (for herself and Mr. O'Rourke) introduced the following 
       bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit use of Federal funds to apprehend, detain, or remove from 
 the United States any alien who was granted deferred action under the 
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, if the alien lost their 
  deferred action status solely as a direct or indirect result of any 
       action taken by the President or another Federal official.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Dreamer Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

    No Federal funds may be obligated or expended to apprehend, detain, 
or remove from the United States any alien who at any time was granted 
deferred action under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals 
Program announced on June 15, 2012, if the alien lost their deferred 
action status solely as a direct or indirect result of any action taken 
by the President or any other Federal official with respect to such 
program, and not for any other reason.
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