Strategic and Humane Southern Border Migrant Response Act

3731

116th Congress

In Committee

Summary

Strategic and Humane Southern Border Migrant Response Act This bill imposes requirements related to the handling of migrants from Northern Triangle countries (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) and terminates certain policies requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico before applying and while cases are pending. The President shall report on a plan for processing asylum seekers apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish a task force to implement the plan. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall maintain family unity to the greatest extent possible, unless there is a legal requirement or safety concern requiring otherwise. DHS shall (1) make every effort to ensure that apprehended individuals have access to bathrooms and showers, water, appropriate nutrition, hygiene, and sanitation (currently, the statute only requires access to food and water); (2) establish uniform medical screening procedures for detained individuals and programs that provide alternatives to detention; (3) increase its capacity to care for families and unaccompanied children by contracting with qualified entities and hiring additional CBP officers; and (4) restore a program that allowed certain minors in Northern Triangle countries to apply for refugee status without traveling to the United States. The Government Accountability Office and DHS Inspector General shall audit and conduct uninspected inspections of detention facilities. Any Member of Congress may inspect such facilities without prior notification The Department of State shall work with the United Nations to increase the capacity of Northern Triangle countries and Mexico to handle and care for those seeking refugee resettlement.

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Cited source text, amounts, lobbyists, and targets

Interior Enforcement ICE raids H.R. 3451 - HELP Separated Children Act of 2019 H.R. 3452 - Help Separated Families Act of 2019 H.R. 1011/S. 2097 - Protecting Sensitive Locations Act Notice on fast-track deportation, Designating Aliens for Expedited Removal Conditions at the Southern Border H.R. 2203 - Homeland Security Improvement Act H.R. 3525 - U.S. Border Patrol Medical Screening Standards Act H.R. 3239 - Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act H.R. 2415 - Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act H.R. 3731 - Strategic and Humane Southern Border Migrant Response Act S. 2162 - Securing Americas Borders Act of 2019 Misuse of U.S. military personnel at the southern border. Asylum S.1494 - Secure and Protect Act of 2019 Interim final rule on third country transit asylum Employment and Family-Based Immigration H.R. 1044/S.386 - Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act H.R. 3799 - Reuniting Families Act Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure Termination of TPS designations Oversight of TPS and DED programs. H.R. 549 - Venezuela TPS Act of 2019 Unaccompanied Immigrant Children H.R. 7311 - William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 H.R. 898 - Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2013 Flores Settlement Agreement (Flores v. Reno Stipulated Settlement Agreement, 1997) Final rule on Flores settlement Zero Tolerance/Family Separation H.R. 3918/S. 2113 - Stop Cruelty to Migrant Children Act Access to Counsel H.R. 3775 - Equal Justice for Immigrants Act of 2019 S.2219 - A bill to clarify the rights of all persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any detention facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Emergency Declaration S.J.Res 54 - A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019 Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) Muslim Ban Refugee Resettlement Proposed elimination of refugee resettlement for FY2020. Executive Order on Enhancing State and Local Involvement in Refugee Resettlement H.Res. 444 - Reaffirming the importance of the United States to promote the safety, health, and well-being of refugees and displaced persons DACA U-Visas H.R. 5058 - Immigrant Witness and Victim Protection Act of 2018 Medical Deferred Action Non-military deferred action requests Citizenship of Military Children Born Abroad USCIS policy alert on citizenship of military children born abroad H.R. 4226 - Protecting Children of Public Servants and Service Members Abroad Act of 2019 USCIS Processing Backlog Public Charge Final rule on public charge

Subjects (32)

Accounting and auditing

Border security and unlawful immigration

Child health

Child safety and welfare

Congressional oversight

Crime victims

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Department of Homeland Security

Detention of persons

Actions (3)

July 30, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

July 11, 2019

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, and Ways and Means, 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.

July 11, 2019

Introduced in House

Congress.gov source codes: 1000, Intro-H

Committees

Committee	Chamber	Activity	Date
Judiciary Committee	House	Referred to	July 11, 2019
Ways and Means Committee	House	Referred to	July 11, 2019
Agriculture Committee	House	Referred to	July 11, 2019
Foreign Affairs Committee	House