H.R. 5207 · 116th Congress
End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Filemon Vela
- Introduced
- 2019-11-20
- Latest action
- 2019-12-19 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Summary
End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019
This bill revokes the Department of Homeland Security's statutory authority to return an alien to a contiguous country while removal proceedings are pending against that alien, if the alien arrived in the United States by land from that contiguous country.