1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2019”.
Protect DREAMer Confidentiality Act of 2019
A BILL
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.
2. Definitions
In this Act:
DACA program— The term DACA program means the deferred action for childhood arrivals program described in 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.
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.
Secretary— The term Secretary means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
3. Confidentiality of information submitted for DACA program
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 for any purpose other than the implementation of the DACA program.
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.
Limited exception— Individual application information may be shared with national security and law enforcement agencies—
to identify or prevent fraudulent claims;
for particularized national security purposes relating to an individual application; and
for the investigation or prosecution of any felony not related to immigration status.