Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023

Bill: 118-hr-2640
Sponsor: Rep. McClintock, Tom [R-CA-5]
Introduced: 2023-04-17 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Administrative remedies
Border security and unlawful immigration
Child safety and welfare
Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Criminal justice information and records
Department of Homeland Security
Detention of persons
Domestic violence and child abuse
Employee hiring
Executive agency funding and structure
Family relationships
Federal preemption
Foreign labor
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Immigration status and procedures
Internet, web applications, social media
Licensing and registrations
Migrant, seasonal, agricultural labor
Personnel records
Photography and imaging
Public contracts and procurement
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
State and local government operations
Telephone and wireless communication
Visas and passports

Summary:
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: 

Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses issues regarding immigration and border security, including by imposing limits to asylum eligibility.
 
For example, the bill
 
 
limits asylum eligibility to non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who arrive in the United States at a port of entry;
 
allows for the removal of a non-U.S. national to a country other than that individual's country of nationality or last lawful habitual residence, whereas currently this type of removal may only be to a country that has an agreement with the United States for such removal;
 
expands the types of crimes that may make an individual ineligible for asylum, such as a conviction for driving while intoxicated causing another person's serious bodily injury or death;
 
requires a fee of at least $50 for each asylum application, except for certain applications involving an unaccompanied alien child; 
 
authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to suspend the introduction of certain non-U.S. nationals at an international border if DHS determines that the suspension is necessary to achieve operational control of that border;
 
prohibits states from imposing licensing requirements on immigration detention facilities used to detain minors;
 
authorizes immigration officers to permit an unaccompanied alien child to withdraw their application for admission into the United States even if the child is unable to make an independent decision to withdraw the application;
 
imposes additional penalties for overstaying a visa; and
 
requires DHS to create an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system and requires all employers to use the system.
 

action_date: 2023-05-05
text: 

Border Security and Enforcement Act of 2023

 
This bill addresses issues regarding immigration and border security, including by imposing limits to asylum eligibility.
 
For example, the bill
 
 
limits asylum eligibility to non-U.S. nationals (
aliens
 under federal law) who arrive in the United States at a port of entry;
 
allows for the removal of a non-U.S. national to a country other than that individual's country of nationality or last lawful habitual residence, whereas currently this type of removal may only be to a country that has an agreement with the United States for such removal;
 
expands the types of crimes that may make an individual ineligible for asylum, such as a conviction for driving while intoxicated causing another person's serious bodily injury or death;
 
requires a fee of at least $50 for each asylum application, except for certain applications involving an unaccompanied alien child; 
 
authorizes the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to suspend the introduction of certain non-U.S. nationals at an international border if DHS determines that the suspension is necessary to achieve operational control of that border;
 
prohibits states from imposing licensing requirements on immigration detention facilities used to detain minors;
 
authorizes immigration officers to permit an unaccompanied alien child to withdraw their application for admission into the United States even if the child is unable to make an independent decision to withdraw the application;
 
imposes additional penalties for overstaying a visa; and
 
requires DHS to create an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system and requires all employers to use the system. 
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 31.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Committee on Ways and Means discharged.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-47, Part I.
action_date: 2023-05-05
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-47, Part I.
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 15.
action_date: 2023-04-19
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2023-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2023-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2023-04-17
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Homeland Security, 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: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-04-17
text: Introduced in House