(A) PROCESSING
LOCATION.—No official 
of the Department of Homeland Security may 
exercise discretion to process aliens encountered 
in a covered Border Patrol sector under the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 
et seq.) or section 362 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 265) at any location 
other than the new ports of entry established 
pursuant to section 4 and designated for immi-
grant processing pursuant to section 5. 
(B) CONDITION
FOR
GRANTING
TEM-
PORARY LEGAL STATUS.—No official of the De-
partment of Homeland Security may issue a 
Notice to Appear, issue a Notice to Report, 
grant parole, defer action, grant asylum, or 
grant any other legal authorization to remain in 
the United States to any alien described in 
paragraph (1) until such alien has been trans-
ferred from the covered Border Patrol sector in 
which the alien was first encountered to one of 
the newly created ports of entry. 
(c) COVERED BORDER PATROL SECTORS.—In this 
Act, the term ‘‘covered Border Patrol sector’’ means— 
(1) the Big Bend Sector; 
(2) the Del Rio Sector; 
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(3) the El Paso Sector; 
(4) the Laredo Sector; and 
(5) the Rio Grande Sector. 
(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 
may be construed— 
(1) to prohibit any Federal agency from facili-
tating and conducting deportations or removals in 
accordance with the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) or section 362 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 265); or 
(2) to authorize the release or parole of any 
alien that is not expressly authorized under the Im-
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.). 
SEC. 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW PORTS OF ENTRY. 
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish 
new ports of entry in each of the following locations: 
(1) Palo Alto, California. 
(2) St. Helena, California. 
(3) Yountville, California. 
(4) Greenwich, Connecticut. 
(5) Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. 
(6) Cambridge, Massachusetts. 
(7) Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. 
(8) Nantucket, Massachusetts. 
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(9) Block Island, Rhode Island. 
(10) Governors Island, New York. 
(11) Scarsdale, New York. 
(12) North Hero, Vermont. 
SEC. 5. TRANSFERS FOR PROCESSING MIGRANT STATUS 
AND IMMIGRATION CLAIMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, and any other Federal agencies or military 
officials involved in the processing of illegal aliens and mi-
grants seeking entry or any form of temporary or perma-
nent legal status in the United States shall immediately 
transfer aliens encountered in any covered Border Patrol 
sector to a new port of entry established pursuant to sec-
tion 4, in accordance with the requirements and directives 
set forth in subsection (b). 
(b) TIMING OF TRANSFERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The transfers described in 
subsection (a) shall— 
(A) take place immediately after an alien 
described in section 3(b)(1) is encountered in 
any covered Border Patrol sector; and 
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(B) be carried out with adequate speed to 
prevent temporary encampments by migrants or 
aliens within any covered Border Patrol sector. 
(2) PROHIBITION OF DISCRETION, DELAYS, OR 
DEFERRALS.—No Federal official may exercise dis-
cretion— 
(A) to delay or defer the transfer of an 
alien described in section 3(b)(1) from a cov-
ered Border Patrol sector for any purpose; or 
(B) to process an application for entry or 
any request for temporary or permanent legal 
status received from such an alien before the 
completion of the transfer required under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
Notwithstanding the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the provisions of this Act shall be deemed to have 
taken effect on September 1, 2021. 
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