ORDER Act

Bill: 118-hr-1690
Sponsor: Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10]
Introduced: 2023-03-22 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration
Congressional oversight
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
International law and treaties
Latin America
Mexico
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons

Summary:
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: 

Regional Immigration Diplomacy and Enforcement Act or the RIDE Act

 
This bill requires the Department of State to seek to negotiate agreements with Western Hemisphere countries concerning issues related to immigration enforcement and refugee processing. The bill also requires a State Department study on certain issues related to border security.
 
Such agreements must contain certain provisions. For example, the government of Mexico must (1) accept the rapid entrance into Mexico of non-Mexican nationals seeking asylum; (2) process the asylum claims of such individuals inside Mexico in accordance with domestic law and international treaties; (3) accept the continued presence in Mexico of such individuals who have pending applications for asylum in the United States, if the individual is ineligible for asylum in Mexico; and (4) provide appropriate humanitarian protections. Such agreements must also require the governments of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to accept the entrance of nationals of other countries seeking asylum and process such claims in accordance with domestic law and international treaties.
 
The State Department must also report to Congress an assessment of the feasibility of opening a U.S. International Law Enforcement Center in southern Mexico to assist U.S. efforts to combat transnational organized crime and illegal immigration.

action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

Orderly Requirements Designed to Enforce and Regulate Latin American Migration Act or the ORDER Act 

 
This bill requires the Department of State to seek to negotiate agreements with Western Hemisphere countries concerning issues related to immigration enforcement and refugee processing. 
 
Such agreements must contain certain provisions. For example, the government of Mexico must (1) accept the rapid entrance into Mexico of non-Mexican nationals seeking asylum; (2) process the asylum claims of such individuals inside Mexico in accordance with domestic law and international treaties; (3) accept the continued presence in Mexico of such individuals who have pending applications for asylum in the United States, if the individual is ineligible for asylum in Mexico; and (4) provide appropriate humanitarian protections. Such agreements must also require the governments of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to accept the entrance of nationals of other countries seeking asylum and process such claims in accordance with domestic law and international treaties.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 30.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Committee on the Judiciary discharged.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 118-46, Part I.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 118-46, Part I.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 22.
action_date: 2023-04-28
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-04-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-03-22
text: Introduced in House