No Amnesty Act
Bill: H.R.2004 | Sponsor: Rep. Boebert, Lauren (R-CO)
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
No Amnesty Act
This bill prohibits federal agencies from expending funds or resources to implement, administer, or enforce certain executive actions related to immigration, including actions that (1) prioritize the removal of certain aliens, such as those suspected of engaging in terrorism; (2) revoke an earlier executive order that required heightened vetting of aliens seeking admission as refugees; and (3) direct the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs to develop a strategy to address the root causes of migration from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Such executive actions shall have no force or effect.

To provide that no Federal funds may be used to enforce certain 
   executive actions related to immigration, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Amnesty Act''.

SEC. 2. ENDING AMNESTY POLICIES.

    (a) In General.--No funds, resources, or fees made available to the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or to any other official of a Federal 
agency, including any deposits into the ``Immigration Examinations Fee 
Account'' established under section 286(m) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)), may be used to implement, 
administer, enforce, or carry out (including through the issuance of 
any regulations), any of the following:
            (1) The memorandum from the Acting Director of U.S. 
        Immigration and Customs Enforcement entitled ``Interim 
        Guidance: Civil Immigration Enforcement and Removal 
        Priorities'' dated February 18, 2021.
            (2) The executive order from the President entitled 
        ``Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees and 
        Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration'' dated 
        February 9, 2021.
            (3) The executive order from the President entitled 
        ``Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework to Address the 
        Causes of Immigration, to Manage Migration Throughout North and 
        Central America, and to Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of 
        Asylum Seekers at the United States Border'' dated February 5, 
        2021.
            (4) The executive order from the President entitled 
        ``Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and 
        Priorities'' dated January 25, 2021.
            (5) The executive order from the President entitled 
        ``Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and 
        Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New 
        Americans'' dated February 5, 2021.
            (6) The memorandum from the President entitled, 
        ``Preserving and Fortifying Deferred Action for Childhood 
        Arrivals (DACA)'' dated January 25, 2021.
            (7) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        entitled ``Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal 
        of Undocumented Immigrants'' dated November 20, 2014.
            (8) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        entitled ``Secure Communities'' dated November 20, 2014.
            (9) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to 
        Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children and with 
        Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of U.S. 
        Citizens or Permanent Residents'' dated November 20, 2014.
            (10) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        entitled ``Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program'' dated 
        November 20, 2014.
            (11) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        entitled ``Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding Advance 
        Parole'' dated November 20, 2014.
            (12) The memorandum from the Secretary of Homeland Security 
        entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to 
        Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children'' dated 
        June 15, 2012.
            (13) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services policy 
        memorandum entitled ``Revised Guidance for the Referral of 
        Cases and Issuance of Notices to Appear (NTAs) in Cases 
        Involving Inadmissible and Removable Aliens'' dated November 
        17, 2011.
            (14) The memorandum from the Director of U.S. Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial 
        Discretion Consistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement 
        Priorities of the Agency for the Apprehension, Detention, and 
        Removal of Aliens'' dated June 17, 2011.
            (15) The memorandum from the Director of U.S. Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement entitled ``Civil Immigration 
        Enforcement: Priorities for the Apprehension, Detention, and 
        Removal of Aliens'' dated March 2, 2011.
            (16) Any policy issued or taken on or after the date of 
        approval, whether set forth in memorandum, Executive order, 
        regulation, directive, or by other action, that is 
        substantially similar to a policy in a memorandum or executive 
        order described in any of paragraphs (1) through (15).
    (b) Memoranda to Have No Force or Effect.--The memoranda and 
executive orders described in paragraphs (1) through (16) of subsection 
(a) shall have no force or effect.
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