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Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-876| House 
| Updated: 2/8/2023
Debbie Lesko

Debbie Lesko

Republican Representative

Arizona

Cosponsors (5)
Doug LaMalfa (Republican)Clay Higgins (Republican)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Matt Gaetz (Republican)Brian Babin (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2023 This bill imposes additional requirements on asylum seekers, increases certain time limits related to detained non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law), and addresses other immigration-related issues. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must detain certain aliens, such as an individual convicted of an aggravated felony or believed to be a trafficker of controlled substances, beyond certain time limits for immigration-related detention. The bill also provides for additional instances when DHS may extend the 90-day removal period (generally the window in which DHS has to remove an alien after a final order of removal). An alien choosing to appeal mandatory detention or detention as part of a removal period extension may do so only by filing for a writ of habeas corpus. DHS must establish a process to determine whether an alien not subject to mandatory detention and who has tried to comply with a removal order should be detained or released with conditions. Furthermore, under this bill, an asylum applicant's credible fear of persecution must be more probable than not in order to be eligible for asylum. DHS may also deny asylum to an applicant and remove the applicant to a country that is not the applicant's country of nationality, if the applicant would be safe and able to apply for asylum from that country. (Currently, an asylum applicant may be removed to a third country only if that country is party to an agreement allowing for such removal.) The Department of Justice may appoint 100 additional immigration judges.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-709
Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2021
Feb 8, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 8, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-709
    Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2021


  • February 8, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • February 8, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2023

USA118th CongressHR-876| House 
| Updated: 2/8/2023
Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2023 This bill imposes additional requirements on asylum seekers, increases certain time limits related to detained non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law), and addresses other immigration-related issues. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must detain certain aliens, such as an individual convicted of an aggravated felony or believed to be a trafficker of controlled substances, beyond certain time limits for immigration-related detention. The bill also provides for additional instances when DHS may extend the 90-day removal period (generally the window in which DHS has to remove an alien after a final order of removal). An alien choosing to appeal mandatory detention or detention as part of a removal period extension may do so only by filing for a writ of habeas corpus. DHS must establish a process to determine whether an alien not subject to mandatory detention and who has tried to comply with a removal order should be detained or released with conditions. Furthermore, under this bill, an asylum applicant's credible fear of persecution must be more probable than not in order to be eligible for asylum. DHS may also deny asylum to an applicant and remove the applicant to a country that is not the applicant's country of nationality, if the applicant would be safe and able to apply for asylum from that country. (Currently, an asylum applicant may be removed to a third country only if that country is party to an agreement allowing for such removal.) The Department of Justice may appoint 100 additional immigration judges.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 117-709
Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2021
Feb 8, 2023
Introduced in House
Feb 8, 2023
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 117-709
    Border Crisis Prevention Act of 2021


  • February 8, 2023
    Introduced in House


  • February 8, 2023
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Debbie Lesko

Debbie Lesko

Republican Representative

Arizona

Cosponsors (5)
Doug LaMalfa (Republican)Clay Higgins (Republican)Doug Lamborn (Republican)Matt Gaetz (Republican)Brian Babin (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Immigration

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted