1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Immigration Enforcement Moratorium Act . 2. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) during the COVID–19 pandemic, many immigration enforcement activities have needlessly endangered public health, including the health of enforcement officers and members of the community; (2) continued arrests and apprehensions— (A) prevent immigrant communities from accessing necessary services for their health and well being; and (B) risk increasing the immigration detention population at a time when the number of people in immigration detention must urgently be reduced; (3) Department of Homeland Security medical experts estimate that between 75 and 100 percent of the people detained in many immigration detention centers across the country may contract COVID–19 unless such centers are drastically depopulated; (4) other in-person activities, including check-ins and removal hearings, create significant public health risks; (5) the National Association of Immigration Judges, a union of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement trial attorneys, and the American Immigration Lawyers Association have all urged the Department of Justice to cease all in-person removal proceedings, citing expert guidance that continuing in-person removal proceedings during the pandemic is irresponsible ; (6) deportations risk spreading COVID–19 to neighboring countries, where the virus will devastate already limited health systems and create untold harm; (7) the United States has already sent individuals who tested positive for COVID–19 to at least 8 countries; (8) a consortium of United Nations migration and human rights organizations has called on all countries in the global community to halt all forced removals during the pandemic, noting that [f]orced returns can intensify serious public health risks for everyone—migrants, public health officials, health workers, social workers, and both host and origin communities