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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6239 
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 9, 2021 
Ms. STEFANIK (for herself, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. ROGERS 
of Alabama, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. FEENSTRA, Mr. 
SMITH of New Jersey, Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. ROSE, Mr. HIGGINS of 
Louisiana, Mr. KELLER, Ms. MALLIOTAKIS, Mr. TONY GONZALES of 
Texas, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. HERRELL, 
Mrs. WAGNER, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. GUEST, Mr. BABIN, 
Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Ms. LETLOW, Mr. MANN, Mr. JA-
COBS of New York, Mr. BURGESS, Ms. MACE, Mr. THOMPSON of Penn-
sylvania, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, Mr. 
KATKO, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, and Mr. MOORE 
of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require the Inspector General of the Department of 
Homeland Security to investigate the vetting and proc-
essing of illegal aliens apprehended along the southwest 
border and to ensure that all laws are being upheld. 
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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Upholding the Law 
at Our Border Act’’. 
SEC. 2. INVESTIGATION AND REPORT ON VETTING AND 
PROCESSING OF ILLEGAL ALIENS APPRE-
HENDED ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER 
AND ENSURING THAT ALL LAWS ARE BEING 
UPHELD. 
Not less frequently than every 60 days until there 
have been fewer than 35,000 apprehensions per month at 
the southwest border for 3 consecutive months, the Inspec-
tor General of the Department of Homeland Security shall 
conduct an investigation and submit a report and provide 
a briefing to the President, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, the Attorney General, the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, 
and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 
of Representatives regarding, with respect to the period 
beginning on January 20, 2021— 
(1) the vetting procedures applicable to aliens 
(as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) seeking entry or 
admission to the United States who were appre-
hended along the southwest border of the United 
States, including the process for conducting in-per-
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son interviews with such aliens and the number of 
such interviews that were conducted; 
(2) the total number of illegal aliens who were 
processed and released into the interior of the 
United States; 
(3) the number of illegal aliens who received pa-
role (humanitarian or otherwise); 
(4) the results of the audit of parole applica-
tions, including the justification for any instances in 
which parole was granted; 
(5) the total number of illegal aliens who have 
been placed in removal proceedings pursuant to sec-
tion 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1229a), including— 
(A) how many have been removed; and 
(B) how many are eligible for any immi-
gration benefit, such as asylum or lawful per-
manent residence; 
(6) the results of the audit of asylum applica-
tion under section 208 of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158); 
(7) the total number of illegal aliens who have 
been placed in expedited removal proceedings pursu-
ant to section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Na-
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tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)), including how 
many have been removed; 
(8) the efforts of the Department of Homeland 
Security to continually monitor all of the illegal 
aliens who were apprehended along the southwest 
border of the United States and then released on pa-
role, including— 
(A) the number who were given a ‘‘notice 
to report’’ to a U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement office; 
(B) the number who actually reported in 
compliance with such notice to report; 
(C) the number who were given a ‘‘notice 
to appear’’ before an immigration judge; and 
(D) the number who have prior criminal 
convictions or terms of imprisonment in the 
United States or outside of the United States; 
(9) the total number of illegal aliens who were 
processed and released into the interior of the 
United States without participating in an alter-
natives to detention program, such as using an ankle 
monitor or another tracking monitor; and 
(10) the States and counties in which the De-
partment of Homeland Security or the Department 
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of Health and Human Services has resettled illegal 
aliens since January 20, 2021. 
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