I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1883 
To enact a moratorium on immigration, build the wall, prioritize securing 
the Southern border, repeal certain Executive orders which endanger 
the security of the United States, re-assert a zero-tolerance immigration 
policy, ensure the safe return of unaccompanied alien children, reduce 
human trafficking, deport criminal aliens, and end chain migration. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 12, 2021 
Mrs. GREENE of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on 
Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Intelligence (Permanent Select), 
Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, Energy and Commerce, House Adminis-
tration, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To enact a moratorium on immigration, build the wall, 
prioritize securing the Southern border, repeal certain 
Executive orders which endanger the security of the 
United States, re-assert a zero-tolerance immigration pol-
icy, ensure the safe return of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren, reduce human trafficking, deport criminal aliens, 
and end chain migration. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS; SEVER-
ABILITY; DEFINITIONS. 
(a) This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect America 
First Act’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 
this Act are as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents; severability; definitions. 
Sec. 2. Purpose. 
Sec. 3. Findings. 
Sec. 4. Sense of Congress. 
Sec. 5. Reduced removal period for aliens ordered removed. 
Sec. 6. Temporary immigration moratorium; expedited deportation. 
Sec. 7. ICE detention of violent aliens. 
Sec. 8. No Federal funding for ‘‘Sanctuary Cities’’. 
Sec. 9. Empowering local law enforcement to ensure immigration security. 
Sec. 10. Build the wall. 
Sec. 11. Re-asserting zero-tolerance immigration policy. 
Sec. 12. Repeal of certain Executive orders signed after January 19, 2021. 
Sec. 13. Rescinding Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and De-
ferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA). 
Sec. 14. Prohibition of financial aid to Mexico, Central American, and South 
American countries. 
(c) SEVERABILITY.—If any provision of this Act, or 
the application of such provision to any person or cir-
cumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Act, and 
the application of such provision to other persons not simi-
larly situated or to other circumstances, shall not be af-
fected by such invalidation. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) ‘‘Alien’’ refers to anyone who is not a cit-
izen or a national of the United States as defined in 
the 
Immigration 
and 
Nationality 
Act 
(INA) 
101(a)(3), 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(3). 
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(2) ‘‘Inadmissible Alien’’ refers to any alien who 
is ineligible to receive visas or be lawfully admitted 
to the United States. 
(3) ‘‘Central American country’’ is defined as 
any of the following countries: Guatemala, Belize, El 
Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and 
Panama. 
(4) ‘‘South American country’’ is defined as any 
of the following countries: Brazil, Argentina, Peru, 
Columbia, Bolivia, Venezuela, Chile, Paraguay, Ec-
uador, Guyana, Uruguay, Suriname, and French 
Guiana. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
It is the purpose of this Act to cease all foreign immi-
gration to the United States for a period of four years 
until the border is secured and Americans can return to 
work. It is also the purpose of this Act to repeal certain 
Executive orders which endanger the security of the 
United States, re-assert a zero-tolerance immigration pol-
icy, ensure the safe return of unaccompanied alien chil-
dren, reduce human trafficking, deport criminal aliens, 
and end chain migration. 
SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The Constitution gives Congress absolute 
power to create a uniform rule of naturalization 
under Article I, Section 8, Clause 4. 
(2) Between 2013 and 2014, the number of un-
accompanied children apprehended at the border in-
creased nearly 80 percent, from 38,759 in fiscal year 
2013 (October 2012–September 2013) to 68,541 in 
fiscal year 2014 (October 2013–September 2014). 
(3) The New York Times concluded that the 
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–457, 
hereafter ‘‘Wilberforce Act’’) enacted during the 
transition to the Obama administration was at the 
root of the calamitous flow of unaccompanied minors 
to the Nation’s southern border in 2014. 
(4) According to Cable News Network (CNN), 
the Wilberforce Act contributed to the surge of child 
migrants from Central America by preventing the 
United States from sending the children back with-
out an asylum hearing. 
(5) According to then-Presidential Candidate 
Biden, it is a ‘‘moral failing when children are 
locked away in overcrowded detention centers’’. 
(6) According to the Los Angeles Times, Presi-
dent Obama’s Administration, under the leadership 
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of Vice President Joe Biden, Homeland Security 
Secretary Jeh Johnson and Deputy Secretary 
Alejandro Mayorkas, built the overcrowded detention 
centers (so-called ‘‘cages’’). 
(7) President Biden has made the following ac-
tions concerning immigration: 
(A) Revoked President Trump’s travel ban 
(Executive Order 13780) and allowed visa proc-
essing to begin again. 
(B) Stopped all construction of a Southern 
border wall and started the process to redirect 
the funds appropriated for building a border 
wall. 
(C) Given Federal agencies the power to 
completely overhaul President Trump’s immi-
gration policies (Executive Order 13993). 
(D) Declared that Federal agents can no 
longer deputize local law enforcement to assist 
at the border when they are overwhelmed (Ex-
ecutive Order 13993). 
(E) Directed the Department of Homeland 
Security to preserve and fortify DACA. 
(F) Directed the Department of Homeland 
Security to expand pathways for individuals 
from the Northern Triangle to enter the United 
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