HR 318 · in committee · significant
Border Safety and Security Act of 2025
- immigration
What this bill does
- The bill requires DHS to block entry of undocumented non-citizens when DHS cannot detain or return them.
- The bill affects immigrants without entry documents and gives states power to sue DHS for enforcement.
- The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment with no specified appropriations or timeline.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would DHS determine which undocumented immigrants cannot be detained or returned before blocking entry?
- 02
What enforcement mechanisms and resources would states need to sue DHS, and who bears those costs?
- 03
What happens to individuals blocked at the border if DHS cannot process them within the immediate timeframe?
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Sponsor · R-TX-21
Chip Roy
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
47/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-09
Joining the bill
Lauren Boebert
R-CO-4 · original
Monica De La Cruz
R-TX-15 · original
Josh Brecheen
R-OK-2 · original
Brian Babin
R-TX-36 · original
Andy Biggs
R-AZ-5 · original
Michael Cloud
R-TX-27 · original
Ben Cline
R-VA-6 · original
Dan Crenshaw
R-TX-2 · original
Mike Collins
R-GA-10 · original
Elijah Crane
R-AZ-2 · original
Byron Donalds
R-FL-19 · original
Jake Ellzey
R-TX-6 · original
+ 35 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-09 · house · Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
2025-01-09 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-09 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the Committee on Homeland Security, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-09 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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