Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2025

Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2025

This 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.)

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 551 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 551

To amend section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
    require the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 16, 2025

Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. 
Hamadeh of Arizona, Mr. Ellzey, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Owens, 
 Ms. Tenney, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Self, Mr. Wied, Mr. 
Nehls, Mr. Brecheen, Mr. Perry, Mr. Hunt, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Balderson, 
     Mr. Ogles, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Mr. Yakym, Mr. 
 Loudermilk, Mr. Harris of Maryland, Mr. Babin, Mr. Fallon, Ms. Foxx, 
   Mr. Finstad, Ms. Perez, Mr. Alford, Mr. Moore of Alabama, and Mr. 
   Schmidt) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to 
    require the implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols.

    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 ``Make the Migrant Protection 
Protocols Mandatory Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. MANDATORY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MIGRANT PROTECTION PROTOCOLS.

    Section 235(b)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``may'' and inserting 
``shall''.
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