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RULES Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility requirements for asylum.

Introduced Jan 31, 2025

Latest action (Jan 31, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration

Summary
  • Limits asylum applications to ports of entry and prohibits asylum applicants at ports of entry from being paroled or released into the United States
  • Eliminates asylum eligibility for aliens apprehended after entering without inspection or overstaying their authorized stay
  • Removes provisions allowing asylum applications in certain circumstances outside ports of entry
  • Transfers asylum authority from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
6 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Anna Paulina Luna’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • RED APPLE GROUP $14,652
  • ULINE $13,200
  • BRODIE GENERATIONAL CAPITAL PARTNERS $13,200
  • SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $9,900
  • INTERACTIVE BROKERS $9,900

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Anna Paulina Luna → · Outside spending →

Actions (2)
  1. Jan 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. Jan 31, 2025 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 698 — Asylum Accountability Act · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 85%
  • S 200 — RULES Act · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 85%
  • HR 3550 — No Resettlement Without Representation Act · Introduced May 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 79%
  • HR 4226 — ICE Act · Introduced Jun 27, 2025 · Cong. 119 77%
  • HR 696 — End Unaccountable Amnesty Act · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%
  • HR 57 — Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Cong. 119 76%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

January 31, 2025

Mrs. Luna (for herself, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Rulli) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the eligibility requirements for asylum.

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 “Refugees Using Legal Entry Safely Act” or “RULES Act”.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF ASYLUM ELIGIBILITY.

Section 208(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(a)) is amended—

(1) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:

“(1) Application at ports of entry.—

“(A) In general.—Any alien who arrives at a port of entry of the United States, irrespective of such alien’s status, may, only at such a port of entry, apply for asylum in accordance with this section or, as applicable, section 235(b).

“(B) Prohibition on parole or release into the united states.—Notwithstanding section 236(a)(2), an alien applying for asylum at a port of entry may not be paroled or released into the United States.”;

(2) in paragraph (2)—

(A) by striking subparagraph (B);

(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking “Subject to subparagraph (D), paragraph” and inserting “Paragraph”;

(C) by striking subparagraph (D);

(D) in subparagraph (E), by striking “Subparagraphs (A) and (B)” and inserting “Subparagraph (A)”;

(E) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (E) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and

(F) by adding at the end the following:

“(D) Effect of apprehension in the united states.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any alien who is apprehended by or referred to the Secretary of Homeland Security as an alien who has entered the United States without inspection and admission or who has remained in the United States beyond the alien’s period of authorized stay.”; and

(3) by striking “Attorney General” each place it appears and inserting “Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, as applicable,”. <all>

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