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Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025
To ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.
Summary
This bill amends federal law to prohibit the imprisonment or detention of individuals based solely on a protected characteristic, including race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability. The prohibition applies to both actual and perceived protected characteristics. The bill allows the Attorney General to designate additional protected characteristics beyond those explicitly listed, but prohibits the Attorney General from removing the characteristics that are specifically enumerated in the bill. The law applies to all individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based on these protected characteristics.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL)
19 cosponsors
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI)
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT)
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] (D-NV)
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL)
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA)
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA)
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA)
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT)
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD)
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT)
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR)
Actions (2)
- Feb 19, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Feb 19, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 19, 2025
Ms. Duckworth (for herself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Padilla, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schiff, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Markey, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Welch, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Booker, Ms. Smith, and Mr. Durbin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To ensure due process protections of individuals in the United States against unlawful detention based solely on a protected characteristic.
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 “Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION AGAINST UNLAWFUL DETENTION.
Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
“(b) Prohibition on Detention Based on Protected Characteristics.—
“(1) Definition.—In this subsection, the term ‘protected characteristic’ includes each of the following:
“(A) Race.
“(B) Ethnicity.
“(C) National origin.
“(D) Religion.
“(E) Sex.
“(F) Gender identity.
“(G) Sexual orientation.
“(H) Disability.
“(I) Any additional characteristic that the Attorney General determines to be a protected characteristic.
“(2) Prohibition.—No individual may be imprisoned or otherwise detained based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual.
“(3) Rule of construction.—Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to allow the Attorney General to remove a characteristic described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (1).”. <all>
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