Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2023

1183

118th Congress

In Committee

Summary

Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2023 This bill makes various immigration-related changes, such as restricting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authority to parole certain aliens. The bill (1) bars the government from paying for counsel for a person in any immigration proceeding before DHS or the Department of Justice, whereas currently the prohibition only applies to removal proceedings; and (2) raises the burden on an alien to establish the alien's claimed fear of persecution when seeking asylum. DHS shall standardize questions asked in expedited removal proceedings and record such proceedings. DHS may parole an alien into the United States only on an individualized basis and may not use eligibility criteria describing an entire class of people. The bill imposes additional restrictions on such parole authority. The bill removes an exception which allows an unaccompanied alien child to seek asylum while in the United States (or upon arrival at the U.S. border) even if the child may be removed to a safe third country where the child may seek asylum. The bill also bars an alien from seeking asylum while in the United States (or upon arrival at the U.S. border) if the alien may be removed to a safe third country where the alien may seek asylum. Currently, this bar only applies if the United States has an agreement with the third country. The bill bars several grounds for asylum related to generalized violence. The bill expands what constitutes a frivolous asylum application to include those filed solely to delay removal, among others. Currently, an application is frivolous only if any material elements are deliberately fabricated.

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2023 · second_quarter · Immigration

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H.R. 1183, Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act of 2023 H.R.2697/S.1187, Fairness to Freedom Act of 2023 H.R.3968/S.1843, End Child Trafficking Now Act H.R. 2432, Migrant Processing and Protection Act of 2023 H.R. 2417, Protection of Children Act of 2023 H.R. 2, Secure the Border Act of 2023 S. 1473, A bill to authorize the immediate expulsion of inadmissible aliens attempting to enter the United States by fraud or without a necessary entry document, and for other purposes S. 1600, Border Management, Security, and Assistance Act of 2023 S. 1464, Enhancing DHS Drug Seizures Act S. 1885/H.R. 4285, Protect Vulnerable Immigrant Youth Act H.R. 16, American Dream and Promise Act of 2023 H.R. 4170/S. 2038, LIFT the BAR Act of 2023 H.R. 1690, ORDER Act H.R.2794, Border Reinforcement Act of 2023 Issues related to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024 and 2025 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2024 (provisions related to child welfare professionals, preventing family separations, co-location of HHS professionals in CBP, and the removal of SIJ visa caps) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (provisions related to funding for unaccompanied legal services, appropriate reception and placement of unaccompanied children, co-location of HHS professionals in CBP) Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (provisions related to migrant children, reintegration, gender-based violence in Central America, and migration in the Americas) Issues related to the Matter of M-A-C-O- Issues related to USCIS/EOIR adjudication delays Issues related to the asylum ban Issues related to protections special immigrant juveniles (SIJ) and the visa cap and processing timeframes Issues related to legal counsel for unaccompanied children and families Issues related to unaccompanied children program Issues related to child labor exploitation Issues related to the federal licensing of ORR facilities Issues related to specialized children's dockets Issues related to the expansion and implementation of the Central American Minors (CAM) program Issues related to the U.S. Strategy for Addressing the Root Causes of Migration in Central America Issues related to the Collaborative Migration Management Strategy Issues related to the Title 42 and border policies Issues related to safe return and reintegration for unaccompanied child migrants Issues related to the Young Adult Case Management program Issues related to the re-parole of unaccompanied Afghan minors Issues related to influx capacity and family unity Issues related to the rule on DACA healthcare Issues related to Mexican unaccompanied children Dignity Act of 2023 Issues related to ORR oversight Issues related to Flores agreement Issues related to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act