I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4234 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from granting parole to 
certain dangerous aliens, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2025 
Mr. LANGWORTHY
(for himself, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. 
FLEISCHMANN, 
Mr. 
EDWARDS, 
Mr. 
GUEST, 
Mr. 
OGLES, 
Ms. 
MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. RULLI, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. 
EVANS of Colorado, Ms. STEFANIK, Mrs. BIGGS of South Carolina, and 
Mr. MOORE of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from grant-
ing parole to certain dangerous aliens, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safeguarding Ameri-
cans From Extremist Risk (SAFER) at the Border Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TERRORIST 
AND SPECIAL INTEREST ALIEN. 
Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(53) The term ‘known terrorist’ means an individual 
who has been— 
‘‘(A) arrested, charged by information, indicted 
for, or convicted of a crime related to terrorism or 
terrorist activities by the United States Government 
or a foreign government authority; or 
‘‘(B) identified as a terrorist or as a member of 
a terrorist organization pursuant to statute, Execu-
tive order, or international legal obligation pursuant 
to a United Nations Security Council Resolution. 
‘‘(54) The term ‘special interest alien’ means an alien 
who, based upon an analysis of travel patterns and other 
information available to the United States Government, 
potentially poses a national security risk to the United 
States or its interests due to a known or potential nexus 
to terrorism. 
‘‘(55) The term ‘suspected terrorist’ means an indi-
vidual who is reasonably suspected to be engaging in, has 
engaged in, or intends to engage in conduct constituting, 
in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism or 
terrorist activities.’’. 
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SEC. 3. PAROLE OF CERTAIN ALIENS PROHIBITED. 
Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
(2) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and 
(C) and in section 214(f), the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity may temporarily parole into the United States, 
under such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, and 
only on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian rea-
sons or significant public benefit, arriving aliens applying 
for admission to the United States. Such parole of any 
such alien shall not be regarded as an admission of the 
alien and when the purposes of such parole, in the opinion 
of the Secretary, have been served, such alien shall imme-
diately return or be returned to the custody from which 
such alien was paroled. Following the conclusion of such 
parole, such alien’s case shall continue to be dealt with 
in the same manner as that of any other applicant for 
admission to the United States. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 
parole into the United States an alien who is a refugee. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not 
parole into the United States any alien who has been des-
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ignated by any official of the Department of State or the 
Department of Homeland Security as— 
‘‘(i) an alien who is inadmissible under sub-
section (a)(3)(A) on the grounds that the alien seeks 
to enter the United States to engage solely, prin-
cipally, or incidentally in an activity related to espio-
nage, sabotage, other unlawful activity, or any activ-
ity to overthrow the Government of the United 
States; 
‘‘(ii) an alien who is inadmissible under para-
graph (2), (3)(B), or (3)(F) of subsection (a) due to 
criminal activities (including membership in a 
transnational criminal organization) or terrorist ac-
tivities (including association with a terrorist organi-
zation;) 
‘‘(iii) an alien who is listed on the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation Threat Screening Center’s Ter-
rorism Watchlist or any other successor database; 
‘‘(iv) an alien who has been arrested, charged 
by information, indicted, or convicted by the United 
States Government or by a foreign government for 
a crime related to terrorism or terrorist activities; or 
‘‘(v) an alien who, based upon an analysis of 
travel patterns and other information available to 
the United States Government, potentially poses a 
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national security risk to the United States or its in-
terests due to a known or potential nexus to ter-
rorism.’’. 
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