An Act promoting rule of law, oversight, trust, and equal constitutional treatment ("The PROTECT Act")

Summary

The bill adds new rules for all state‑run detention facilities, requiring them to give detained people notices in their primary language about legal rights, provide confidential attorney‑client phone calls, keep up‑to‑date custody records, and offer competent interpretive services. It also restricts state and local law‑enforcement officers from asking about, recording, or sharing a person’s immigration status unless it is directly relevant to a specific criminal charge, and it curtails the use of 287(g) immigration agreements. The measures aim to protect due‑process rights and prevent the misuse of local resources for civil immigration enforcement.

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