Asylum Seeker Protection Act
This bill prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce the Migrant Protection Protocols announced on December 20, 2018.
(The protocol generally requires that aliens who are not clearly admissible arriving by land along the U.S.-Mexico border be returned to Mexico while their immigration proceedings are pending, rather than remain in the United States. The protocol applies to aliens seeking asylum but who have been assessed not to be more likely than not to face persecution or torture in Mexico.)
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2662 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2662
To prohibit funds from being used to implement the Migrant Protection
Protocols announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on December
20, 2018.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 10, 2019
Ms. Escobar (for herself, Mr. Espaillat, Ms. Norton, Ms. Garcia of
Texas, Ms. Omar, Mr. Gallego, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Gonzalez of Texas, Ms.
Velazquez, Ms. Bonamici, Mrs. Torres of California, Mrs. Davis of
California, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Dean, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Vela,
Mr. Lujan, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Speier, Ms. Scanlon, and Ms. Mucarsel-
Powell) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To prohibit funds from being used to implement the Migrant Protection
Protocols announced by the Secretary of Homeland Security on December
20, 2018.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Asylum Seeker Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States is a nation of immigrants.
(2) The Immigration and Nationality Act allows for
immigrants to apply for asylum regardless of manner of entry.
(3) All individuals seeking asylum in the United States are
entitled to due process and access to an attorney. Sending
asylum seekers to another country limits or may completely
eliminate their opportunity to meet with counsel, thereby
lowering their chances of obtaining relief.
(4) The Department of Homeland Security announced the
Migrant Protection Protocols on December 20, 2018, and it has
already had devastating consequences given that some migrants
have been returned to Mexico even though they fear staying in
the country.
(5) The 2018 Department of State country report for Mexico
acknowledges serious and targeted risks faced by migrants and
asylum seekers in, and transiting through, Mexico, such that it
remains an unsafe place for many.
(6) Current immigration law is broken and Congress must
work to pass humane comprehensive immigration reform.
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING MIGRANT PROTECTION PROTOCOLS.
None of the funds made available by any Act may be used to
implement or enforce the Migrant Protection Protocols announced by the
Secretary of Homeland Security on December 20, 2018, or any subsequent
revisions to those protocols.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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