HR 551 · in committee · significant
Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2025
- immigration
What this bill does
- This bill requires the Department of Justice to return certain immigrants to bordering countries while their admission applications are being reviewed.
- It affects non-U.S. citizens who arrive by land at the southern border and are not clearly eligible for admission.
- The bill makes return policies mandatory rather than optional for the Department of Justice, with no specified implementation timeline or cost.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How might mandatory return policies affect the speed and cost of processing asylum applications compared to current optional practices?
- 02
What safeguards should exist to ensure immigrants returned to bordering countries don't face danger while awaiting application decisions?
- 03
Which bordering countries would bear responsibility for housing and care of returned migrants, and what agreements would be needed?
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Sponsor · R-TX-25
Roger Williams
Citizen cosponsors
0
In Congress
39/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-16
Joining the bill
Brian Babin
R-TX-36 · original
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
D-WA-3 · original
Troy Balderson
R-OH-12 · original
Josh Brecheen
R-OK-2 · original
Carlos A. Gimenez
R-FL-28 · original
Mark Alford
R-MO-4 · original
Jake Ellzey
R-TX-6 · original
Pat Fallon
R-TX-4 · original
Virginia Foxx
R-NC-5 · original
Brad Finstad
R-MN-1 · original
Jack Bergman
R-MI-1 · original
Brandon Gill
R-TX-26 · original
+ 27 more
Legislative timeline
2025-01-16 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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