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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3263 

To require the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security 

to investigate the vetting and processing of illegal aliens apprehended 

along the southwest border and to ensure that all laws are being upheld. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 18, 2021 

Mr. SCOTT of Florida (for himself, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. 

JOHNSON, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr. LEE) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 

Judiciary 

A BILL 

To require the Inspector General of the Department of 

Homeland Security to investigate the vetting and processing of illegal aliens apprehended along the southwest 

border and to ensure that all laws are being upheld. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Upholding the Law 

5 at Our Border Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON VETTING AND 

2 PROCESSING OF ILLEGAL ALIENS APPRE3 HENDED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER 

4 AND ENSURING THAT ALL LAWS ARE BEING 

5 UPHELD. 

6 Not less frequently than every 60 days until there 

7 have been fewer than 35,000 apprehensions per month at 

8 the southwest border for 3 consecutive months, the Inspec9 tor General of the Department of Homeland Security shall 

10 conduct an investigation and submit a report and provide 

11 a briefing to the President, the Secretary of Homeland 

12 Security, the Attorney General, the Committee on Home13 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 

14 and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

15 of Representatives regarding, with respect to the period 

16 beginning on January 20, 2021— 

17 (1) the vetting procedures applicable to aliens 

18 (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and 

19 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) seeking entry or 

20 admission to the United States who were appre21 hended along the southwest border of the United 

22 States, including the process for conducting in-per23 son interviews with such aliens and the number of 

24 such interviews that were conducted; 


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1 (2) the total number of illegal aliens who were 

2 processed and released into the interior of the 

3 United States; 

4 (3) the number of illegal aliens who received pa5 role (humanitarian or otherwise); 

6 (4) the results of the audit of parole applica7 tions, including the justification for any instances in 

8 which parole was granted; 

9 (5) the total number of illegal aliens who have 

10 been placed in removal proceedings pursuant to sec11 tion 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

12 U.S.C. 1229a), including— 

13 (A) how many have been removed; and 

14 (B) how many are eligible for any immi15 gration benefit, such as asylum or lawful per16 manent residence; 

17 (6) the results of the audit of asylum applica18 tion under section 208 of the Immigration and Na19 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 

20 (7) the total number of illegal aliens who have 

21 been placed in expedited removal proceedings pursu22 ant to section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Na23 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)), including how 

24 many have been removed; 


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1 (8) the efforts of the Department of Homeland 

2 Security to continually monitor all of the illegal 

3 aliens who were apprehended along the southwest 

4 border of the United States and then released on pa5 role, including— 

6 (A) the number who were given a ‘‘notice 

7 to report’’ to a U.S. Immigration and Customs 

8 Enforcement office; 

9 (B) the number who actually reported in 

10 compliance with such notice to report; 

11 (C) the number who were given a ‘‘notice 

12 to appear’’ before an immigration judge; and 

13 (D) the number who have prior criminal 

14 convictions or terms of imprisonment in the 

15 United States or outside of the United States; 

16 (9) the total number of illegal aliens who were 

17 processed and released into the interior of the 

18 United States without participating in an alter19 natives to detention program, such as using an ankle 

20 monitor or another tracking monitor; and 

21 (10) the States and counties in which the De22 partment of Homeland Security or the Department 

23 of Health and Human Services has resettled illegal 

24 aliens since January 20, 2021. 

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