Stop the Invasion Act

To require the President to suspend the entry of aliens into the United States when the average number of encounters 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Stop the Invasion Act 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (in this Act, referred to as CBP encountered encounters (2) Since the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, the number of monthly encounters (3) While January 2023 encounters (4) February 2023 saw 154,998 encounters encounters (5) In fiscal year 2022, CBP encountered gotaways encountered (6) In the first 5 months of fiscal year 2023, CBP has encountered encounter (7) According to congressional testimony provided by U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz on March 15, 2023, the number of known gotaways (8) Six million is a greater population than the populations of 31 of the 50 States. It is more than the populations of North Dakota, South Dakota, Rhode Island, Alaska, Vermont, Delaware, and the District of Columbia combined. (9) The ongoing border crisis has inflicted harrowing costs on the welfare of women and children. The number of unaccompanied alien children encountered encountered (10) According to CBP, migrant deaths at the Southwest border of the United States totaled 856 in fiscal year 2022, the deadliest year on record. (11) A May 2017 report from Doctors Without Borders indicated that out of the number of women surveyed, nearly one-third had been sexually assaulted as they approached the Southern border. (12) According to Drug Enforcement Agency statistics, over 50,600,000 fentanyl pills were seized in 2022, including over 10,800 pounds of fentanyl powder; these fentanyl seizures are enough to kill over 379,000,000 people. Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate that 107,735 Americans died of a drug overdose in the 12-month period ending July 2022. (13) Due to rampant drug trafficking at our Southern border, the leading cause of death for Americans aged 18–45 can now be attributable to fentanyl overdoses; in 2020 and 2021, fentanyl was responsible for killing more Americans in this age group than COVID–19, car accidents, cancer, and suicide. (14) According to CBP data, in the first five months of fiscal year 2023, 106,000 pounds of drugs were seized at the Southwest border, including 11,000 pounds of fentanyl. The first five months of fiscal year 2023 have seen a 179.3 percent increase in fentanyl seizures over the same time frame in fiscal year 2022. (15) The historic crisis at the Southwest border demands decisive action on the part of Congress. 3. Moratorium Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182 (1) by striking Whenever (1) (2) by adding at the end the following: (2) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the average number of apprehensions and findings of inadmissible aliens documented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection exceeds an average of 30,000 per month over the most recent 12-month period, the President shall suspend the entry of covered aliens until the monthly average number of apprehensions of illegal aliens is less than 30,000. (B) For the purpose of this paragraph, the number of apprehensions and findings of inadmissible aliens shall be the total number of U.S. Customs and Border Protection enforcement actions taken under this Act and section 362 of the Public Health Service Act. (C) In this paragraph, the term covered alien .

Summary: Stop the Invasion Act This bill requires the President to bar the entry of certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) into the United States if U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) encounters a certain number of inadmissible non-U.S. nationals. Specifically, this bar shall apply if CBP detains or finds on average more than 30,000 such inadmissible individuals each month over the most recent 12-month period. The bar shall cease when the average drops below 30,000 encounters. Such encounters shall include non-U.S. nationals who seek entry into the United States when the President has suspended entry to prevent the spread of a communicable disease. While this bar is in effect, the President must prohibit the entry of non-U.S. nationals who are inadmissible for specified reasons related to illegal entry, violation of immigration law, or lack of documentation.