I 
118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 86 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the parole 
or release of an asylum applicant, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 9, 2023 
Mr. BIGGS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect 
to the parole or release of an asylum applicant, 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 ‘‘Ending Catch and Re-
lease Act of 2023’’. 
SEC. 2. INSPECTION OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION. 
Section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)) is amended by— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
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(i) in clause (i)— 
(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
212(a)(6)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
212(a)(6)(A), 212(a)(6)(C), or’’; and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘. The Secretary 
may not parole or otherwise release 
the alien into the United States.’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)— 
(I) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
212(a)(6)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
212(a)(6)(A), 212(a)(6)(C), or’’; and 
(II) by striking the period at the 
end and inserting ‘‘. The Secretary 
may not parole or otherwise release 
the alien into the United States.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Attorney 
General’’ and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘the 
alien shall be detained for further consider-
ation of the application for asylum’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the alien shall either be detained 
for further consideration of the application 
for asylum by an immigration judge or if 
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the alien arrived on land from a foreign 
territory contiguous to the United States, 
be returned to that territory for further 
consideration of the application for asylum 
by an immigration judge. The Secretary 
may not parole or otherwise release the 
alien into the United States’’; 
(iii) in clause (iii)— 
(I) in subclause (I), by striking 
the period at the end and adding ‘‘. 
The Secretary shall remove the alien 
within 72 hours. If the alien cannot 
be removed, the alien shall be de-
tained until removed. The Secretary 
may not parole or otherwise release 
the alien into the United States.’’; 
(II) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘has not’’ and inserting ‘‘has or has 
not’’; and 
(III) in subclause (IV), by strik-
ing the period at the end and insert-
ing ‘‘. The Secretary may not parole 
or otherwise release the alien into the 
United States.’’; and 
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(iv) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘there is 
a significant possibility, taking into ac-
count the credibility of the statements 
made by the alien in support of the alien’s 
claim and such other facts as are known to 
the officer, that the alien could establish 
eligibility for asylum under section 208’’ 
and inserting ‘‘it is more likely than not 
that the alien will be able to establish eligi-
bility for asylum under section 208’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and (C)’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the alien shall be de-
tained for a proceeding under section 
240.’’ and inserting ‘‘the alien shall be ei-
ther detained for a proceeding under sec-
tion 240 or if the alien arrived on land 
from a foreign territory contiguous to the 
United States, be returned to that territory 
pending a proceeding under section 240. 
The Secretary may not parole or otherwise 
release the alien into the United States.’’; 
and 
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(B) by striking subparagraph (C). 
Æ 
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