Expands the scope of immigration enforcement by broadening bars to asylum eligibility based on criminal convictions, gang activity, DUI, domestic violence, and other criteria, and by tightening credible fear standards and safe third country rules, resulting in more removals and fewer grants of entry
Paragraph (2) of section 208(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: ``(2) Exceptions.-- ``(A) In general.--Paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien if the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General determines that-- ``(i) the alien ordered, incited, assisted, or otherwise participated in the persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; ``(ii) the alien has been convicted of any felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law;
Expands immigration enforcement by adding expanded penalties for illegal entry or presence, requiring ports of entry for asylum claims, and imposing stricter rules that treat certain transit and entry attempts as bars to asylum
Sec. 501. Expanded penalties for illegal entry or presence.
Expands immigration enforcement through asylum reforms including higher credible fear thresholds, limits on particular social groups, firm resettlement bars, employment authorization restrictions, and repatriation of unaccompanied children
Section 235(b)(1)(B)(v) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(B)(v)) is amended by striking ``there is a significant possibility'' and all that follows, and inserting ``, taking into account the credibility of the statements made by the alien in support of the alien's claim, as determined pursuant to section 208(b)(1)(B)(iii), and such other facts as are known to the officer, the alien more likely than not could establish eligibility for asylum under section 208, and it is more likely than not that the statements made by, and on behalf of, the alien in support of the ali
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2026-07-21: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 14.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill makes numerous changes that expand the scope of immigration enforcement by narrowing asylum eligibility and access (via expanded exceptions for crimes/gangs/DUI/domestic violence, higher credible fear standards, safe third country expansions, port-of-entry requirements, limits on particular social groups, employment authorization limits, and repatriation rules), adding penalties for illegal entry/presence, and reforming parole; no provisions address firearms, transgender issues, or abortion.
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 16 - 14.
2026-07-20
Libra
Introduced in House
2026-07-20
Libra
Introduced in House
2026-07-20
House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
2026-07-20
House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.