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To amend section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an exception from expedited removal for certain countries concern.
Summary
The Artemis Act of 2025 amends immigration law to create an exception from expedited removal procedures for certain aliens based on their country of origin or destination. Specifically, the law prohibits expedited removal for aliens who are citizens or natives of countries designated by the Secretary of State as "countries of concern"—defined as countries the State Department identifies as countries of particular concern for religious freedom issues or special watch list countries under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998. The law also prevents the removal of such aliens to these designated countries through expedited removal procedures.
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2 cosponsors
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Yassamin Ansari’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- PIVOTAL GROUP $15,750
- WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $13,200
- BIJAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $13,200
- HOME CREATIONS $11,700
- RELIANCE MANAGEMENT $11,600
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Actions (2)
- May 20, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 20, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 20, 2025
Ms. Ansari (for herself, Ms. Velazquez, and Mr. Carson) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for an exception from expedited removal for certain countries concern.
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 “Artemis Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. EXCEPTION FROM EXPEDITED REMOVAL FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES OF PARTICULAR CONCERN OR SPECIAL WATCH LIST COUNTRIES.
Section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking “subparagraph (F)” each place it appears and inserting “subparagraph (F) or (H)”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(H) Exception for country of concern.— Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an alien who is a native or citizen of a country of concern or would be removed to such a country. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘country of concern’ means a country designated by the Secretary of State to be a country of particular concern or is a special watch list country under section 402(b)(1)(A) International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.”. <all>
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