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Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the parole or release of an asylum applicant, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would amend immigration law to restrict the parole and release of asylum applicants and other aliens into the United States. It would require that asylum applicants be either detained or, if they arrived by land from a contiguous foreign country, returned to that country pending further proceedings. The bill raises the standard for asylum eligibility determinations from "significant possibility" to "more likely than not," and requires that aliens who cannot be removed within 72 hours remain in detention until removal. The bill also eliminates certain existing provisions that permitted the parole or release of certain categories of aliens.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
3 cosponsors
- Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] (R-TX)
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Andy Biggs’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
- 21ST CENTURY HEALTHCARE $7,500
- ULINE $6,600
- TW LEWIS COMPANY $6,600
- LEE BENSON $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Andy Biggs → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Ms. Mace) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the parole or release of an asylum applicant, and for other purposes.
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 “Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INSPECTION OF APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION.
Section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)) is amended by—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) in clause (i)—
(I) by striking “section 212(a)(6)(C)” and inserting “section 212(a)(6)(A), 212(a)(6)(C), or”; and
(II) by striking the period at the end and inserting “. The Secretary may not parole or otherwise release the alien into the United States.”; and
(ii) in clause (ii)—
(I) by striking “section 212(a)(6)(C)” and inserting “section 212(a)(6)(A), 212(a)(6)(C), or”; and
(II) by striking the period at the end and inserting “. The Secretary may not parole or otherwise release the alien into the United States.”; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) in clause (i), by striking “Attorney General” and inserting “Secretary”;
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking “the alien shall be detained for further consideration of the application for asylum” and inserting “the alien shall either be detained for further consideration of the application for asylum by an immigration judge or if the alien arrived on land from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States, be returned to that territory for further consideration of the application for asylum by an immigration judge. The Secretary may not parole or otherwise release the alien into the United States”;
(iii) in clause (iii)—
(I) in subclause (I), by striking the period at the end and adding “. The Secretary shall remove the alien within 72 hours. If the alien cannot be removed, the alien shall be detained until removed. The Secretary may not parole or otherwise release the alien into the United States.”;
(II) in subclause (II), by striking “has not” and inserting “has or has not”; and
(III) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end and inserting “. The Secretary may not parole or otherwise release the alien into the United States.”; and
(iv) in clause (v), by striking “there is a significant possibility, taking into account the credibility of the statements made by the alien in support of the alien’s claim and such other facts as are known to the officer, that the alien could establish eligibility for asylum under section 208” and inserting “it is more likely than not that the alien will be able to establish eligibility for asylum under section 208”; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking “and (C)”; and
(ii) by striking “the alien shall be detained for a proceeding under section 240.” and inserting “the alien shall be either detained for a proceeding under section 240 or if the alien arrived on land from a foreign territory contiguous to the United States, be returned to that territory pending a proceeding under section 240. The Secretary may not parole or otherwise release the alien into the United States.”; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (C). <all>
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