S 112 · 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 non-U.S. nationals to bordering countries while their admission applications are pending.
- It affects migrants who arrived by land at U.S. borders and are not clearly entitled to admission.
- The bill removes DOJ's current discretion to detain these individuals instead of returning them.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How would mandatory return protocols affect migrants' ability to prepare legal cases while waiting for admission decisions?
- 02
What evidence exists about whether returning migrants to bordering countries reduces future unauthorized border crossings?
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Which bordering countries would bear responsibility for housing migrants under this mandatory protocol, and how might they respond?
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Sponsor · R-TN
Marsha Blackburn
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
9/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-16
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-16 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-16 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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