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Section 1
1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Korematsu-Takai Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2025.
Section 2
2. Prohibition against unlawful detention Section 4001 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and by inserting after subsection (a) the following: No individual may be imprisoned or otherwise detained based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual. In this subsection, the term protected characteristic includes each of the following: Race. Ethnicity. National origin. Religion. Sex. Gender identity. Sexual orientation. Disability. Any additional characteristic that the Attorney General determines to be a protected characteristic. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to allow the Attorney General to remove a characteristic described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (2) from the definition of the term protected characteristic under this subsection. (b)Prohibition on detention based on protected characteristics
(1)In generalNo individual may be imprisoned or otherwise detained based solely on an actual or perceived protected characteristic of the individual. (2)DefinitionIn 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. (3)Rule of constructionNothing in this subsection shall be construed to allow the Attorney General to remove a characteristic described in subparagraphs (A) through (H) of paragraph (2) from the definition of the term protected characteristic under this subsection..