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Main Subject: Immigration

Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023

This bill addresses issues regarding immigration and border security, including by imposing limits to asylum eligibility.

For example, the bill

limits asylum eligibility to non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) who arrive in the United States at a port of entry;
allows for the removal of a non-U.S. national to a country other than that individual's country of nationality or last lawful habitual residence, whereas currently this type of removal may only be to a country that has an agreement with the United States for such removal;
expands the types of crimes that may make an individual ineligible for asylum, such as a conviction for driving while intoxicated causing another person's serious bodily injury or death;
requires a fee of at least $50 for each asylum application, except for certain applications involving an unaccompanied alien child;
authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to suspend the introduction of certain non-U.S. nationals at an international border if DHS determines that the suspension is necessary to achieve operational control of that border;
prohibits states from imposing licensing requirements on immigration detention facilities used to detain minors;
authorizes immigration officers to permit an unaccompanied alien child to withdraw their application for admission into the United States even if the child is unable to make an independent decision to withdraw the application;
imposes additional penalties for overstaying a visa; and
requires DHS to create an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system and requires all employers to use the system.

HR319-118, HR2417-118, HR2432-118, HR2436-118, HR2453-118, HR2580-118, S505-118, HR2-118, S2824-118, HR6477-118,

House floor actions Actions

Calendars
May. 05 2023	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 31.

Discharge
May. 05 2023	Committee on Homeland Security discharged. Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged. Committee on Ways and Means discharged.

Committee
May. 05 2023	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-47, Part I.

IntroReferral

Apr. 17
2023

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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.

Library of Congress Actions

Committee
May. 05 2023	Committee on Homeland Security discharged. Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged. Committee on Ways and Means discharged. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-47, Part I.

IntroReferral
Apr. 17 2023	Introduced in House Introduced in House

House committee actions Actions

Committee
Apr. 19 2023	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

House bill HR2640-118

Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023

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