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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 57
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the parole
or release of an asylum applicant, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY3, 2025
Mr. B
IGGSof Arizona (for himself and Ms. MACE) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect
to the parole or release of an asylum applicant, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Ending Catch and Re-4
lease Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. INSPECTION OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION. 6
Section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 7
Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)) is amended by— 8
(1) in paragraph (1)— 9
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 10
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(i) in clause (i)— 1
(I) by striking ‘‘section 2
212(a)(6)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3
212(a)(6)(A), 212(a)(6)(C), or’’; and 4
(II) by striking the period at the 5
end and inserting ‘‘. The Secretary 6
may not parole or otherwise release 7
the alien into the United States.’’; and 8
(ii) in clause (ii)— 9
(I) by striking ‘‘section 10
212(a)(6)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 11
212(a)(6)(A), 212(a)(6)(C), or’’; and 12
(II) by striking the period at the 13
end and inserting ‘‘. The Secretary 14
may not parole or otherwise release 15
the alien into the United States.’’; and 16
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 17
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Attorney 18
General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 19
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘the 20
alien shall be detained for further consider-21
ation of the application for asylum’’ and 22
inserting ‘‘the alien shall either be detained 23
for further consideration of the application 24
for asylum by an immigration judge or if 25
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the alien arrived on land from a foreign 1
territory contiguous to the United States, 2
be returned to that territory for further 3
consideration of the application for asylum 4
by an immigration judge. The Secretary 5
may not parole or otherwise release the 6
alien into the United States’’; 7
(iii) in clause (iii)— 8
(I) in subclause (I), by striking 9
the period at the end and adding ‘‘. 10
The Secretary shall remove the alien 11
within 72 hours. If the alien cannot 12
be removed, the alien shall be de-13
tained until removed. The Secretary 14
may not parole or otherwise release 15
the alien into the United States.’’; 16
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 17
‘‘has not’’ and inserting ‘‘has or has 18
not’’; and 19
(III) in subclause (IV), by strik-20
ing the period at the end and insert-21
ing ‘‘. The Secretary may not parole 22
or otherwise release the alien into the 23
United States.’’; and 24
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(iv) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘there is 1
a significant possibility, taking into ac-2
count the credibility of the statements 3
made by the alien in support of the alien’s 4
claim and such other facts as are known to 5
the officer, that the alien could establish 6
eligibility for asylum under section 208’’ 7
and inserting ‘‘it is more likely than not 8
that the alien will be able to establish eligi-9
bility for asylum under section 208’’; and 10
(2) in paragraph (2)— 11
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 12
(i) by striking ‘‘and (C)’’; and 13
(ii) by striking ‘‘the alien shall be de-14
tained for a proceeding under section 15
240.’’ and inserting ‘‘the alien shall be ei-16
ther detained for a proceeding under sec-17
tion 240 or if the alien arrived on land 18
from a foreign territory contiguous to the 19
United States, be returned to that territory 20
pending a proceeding under section 240. 21
The Secretary may not parole or otherwise 22
release the alien into the United States.’’; 23
and 24
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(B) by striking subparagraph (C). 1
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