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H.R. 273119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Jan 9, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
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HR 273 would require the U.S. government to keep sending asylum seekers back to Mexico to wait while their cases are decided.
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This bill would make the "Remain in Mexico" program permanent and required by law. Under the program, people arriving at the southern border to seek asylum or protection are returned to Mexico while U.S. courts process their cases. The Secretary of Homeland Security could not end the program, even if other laws might otherwise allow it.
This bill directly affects migrants and asylum seekers arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. It also affects the Department of Homeland Security, which would be legally required to keep the program running.
Asylum seekers would wait in Mexico rather than inside the United States while their immigration cases move through U.S. courts. The Department of Homeland Security would lose the authority to stop or pause the program on its own.
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Right now: a House committee is reviewing it. If the Senate changes it, it goes back to the House before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.