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Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2025
To amend section 236A of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the requirement to cross reference the terrorist screening database.
Summary
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection to check the federal terrorist screening database for all aliens encountered at the border. The Commissioner of CBP must maintain custody of an alien until the Commissioner has cross-referenced the alien's name with the terrorist screening database and received the search results. The bill adds being on the terrorist screening database as a ground for immigration detention. The terrorist screening database referenced is defined per the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
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Sponsor (1)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Roger Williams’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $31,350
- DOUBLE EAGLE $16,000
- PIERSON & PATTERSON $13,200
- LENDERS & MEMBERS SERVICE GROUP $13,200
- LUTHER KING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $11,600
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Actions (2)
- Mar 11, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Mar 11, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 11, 2025
Mr. Williams of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 236A of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the requirement to cross reference the terrorist screening database.
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 “Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO REVIEW FEDERAL TERRORIST SCREENING DATABASE.
Section 236A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226A) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(3)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking “; or”;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end and insert “; or”; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
“(C) is on the terrorist screening database.”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Requirement To Review Federal Terrorist Screening Database.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall take into and maintain custody over an alien until the Commissioner cross references the name of such alien with the terrorist screening database and a result for such cross reference is received by the Commissioner.
“(e) Terrorist Screening Database Defined.—In this section, the term ‘terrorist screening database’ shall have the meaning given such term in section 2101 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.”. <all>
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