July 17, 2025
Mr. Heinrich (for himself, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Luján, Mrs. Murray, Ms. Hirono, Ms. Cortez Masto, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Duckworth, Mr. Markey, Ms. Rosen, Mr. Bennet, Ms. Warren, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Kim, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Welch, Ms. Klobuchar, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. King, Mr. Reed, Mr. Padilla, and Mr. Murphy) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To provide for the confidentiality of information submitted in requests for deferred action under the deferred action for childhood arrivals program, and for other purposes.
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2025
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Sec. 2. Definitions
In this Act:
(1) DACA program
The term DACA program means the deferred action for childhood arrivals program described in—
(A)
subpart C of part 236 of title 8, Code of Federal Regulations;
(B)
the final rule of the Department of Homeland Security entitled Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
(87 Fed. Reg. 53152 (August 30, 2022)); or
(C)
the memorandum of the Department of Homeland Security entitled Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children
issued on June 15, 2012.
(2) Individual application information
The term individual application information means any information, including personally identifiable information, submitted to the Secretary after June 15, 2012, as part of a request for consideration or reconsideration for the DACA program.
(3) Secretary
The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Sec. 3. Confidentiality of information submitted for DACA program
(a) In general
The Secretary shall protect individual application information from disclosure to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement or U.S. Customs and Border Protection or any State, local, or Tribal law enforcement agency for any purpose other than the implementation of the DACA program.
(b) Referrals prohibited
The Secretary may not refer to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Department of Justice, or any other law enforcement agency any individual the case of whom has been deferred pursuant to the DACA program.
(c) Limited exception
Individual application information may be shared with national security and law enforcement agencies—
(1)
to identify or prevent fraudulent claims;
(2)
for particularized national security purposes relating to an individual application; and
(3)
for the investigation or prosecution of any felony not related to immigration status.