Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB551

Introduced
1/16/25  

Caption

Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to remove certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) from the United States while such an individual's application for admission is pending.Specifically, if such an individual arrived by land from a foreign country bordering the United States and the individual is not clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to admission into the United States, DOJ must return that individual to that bordering foreign country while the individual's application for admission is pending. (Currently, DOJ may choose to detain such an individual or return the individual to the bordering foreign country while the application for admission is pending.)

Congress_id

119-HR-551

Policy_area

Immigration

Introduced_date

2025-01-16

Companion Bills

US SB112

Identical bill Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2025

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