3.0.0 1358 2023-01-11T13:49:11Z 2023-09-05T17:28:05Z Senate S 2021-04-22 117 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-04-22T21:04:46Z Bipartisan Border Solutions Act of 2021 117 2839 HR 2021-10-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. Identical bill CRS 2021-04-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2173-2175) IntroReferral 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N S001191 Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] Kyrsten Sinema D AZ 2021-04-22 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2022-02-17 False T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2022-02-17 False Immigration Administrative remedies Arizona Assault and harassment offenses Border security and unlawful immigration California Census and government statistics Charitable contributions Child health Child safety and welfare Congressional oversight Crime prevention Crimes against children Criminal justice information and records Department of Homeland Security Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Domestic violence and child abuse Due process and equal protection Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee hiring Foreign aid and international relief Foreign language and bilingual programs Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government buildings, facilities, and property Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Human trafficking Immigrant health and welfare Immigration status and procedures Infectious and parasitic diseases International law and treaties Judicial procedure and administration Latin America Lawyers and legal services Medical tests and diagnostic methods Mental health Mexico New Mexico Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Refugees, asylum, displaced persons Sex offenses Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Specialized courts Texas Transportation safety and security Violent crime Women's health Worker safety and health Immigration 00 2021-04-22 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-26T15:10:07Z Bipartisan Border Solutions Act of 2021

This bill establishes regional processing centers for conducting immigration-related activities and addresses other related issues.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall establish at least four regional processing centers along the southern border in high-traffic Border Patrol sectors. These centers shall conduct processing activities such as criminal history checks, medical screenings, asylum interviews and credible fear determinations, and short-term detention of individuals.

The bill imposes various requirements, such as requiring the centers to (1) allow nongovernmental entities access to detained individuals to provide humanitarian or legal assistance, and (2) provide detained aliens access to legal counsel for certain asylum proceedings.

The bill also requires DHS and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to develop pilot programs to improve asylum decisions, credible fear determinations, access to counsel, and case management of aliens awaiting asylum hearings or decisions.

DOJ shall, to the greatest extent practicable, prioritize removal cases involving aliens apprehended while entering the United States during an irregular migration influx.

Before placing an unaccompanied alien child with an individual, the Department of Health and Human Services must conduct a criminal background check of each adult member of that individual's household. An alien child may not be placed in a household where an individual has been convicted of certain crimes, including offenses involving sex or domestic violence.

The bill also makes it a crime to make a materially false statement or knowingly use a false document to obtain custody of an unaccompanied alien child.

]]> Bipartisan Border Solutions Act of 2021 Display Title Bipartisan Border Solutions Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish regional processing centers, to improve the asylum and credible fear processes to promote fairness and efficiency, to require immigration court docketing priorities during irregular migration influx events, and to improve the capability of the Department of Homeland Security to manage migration flows, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Bipartisan Border Solutions Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1358is/xml/BILLS-117s1358is.xml 2021-04-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2173-2175) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.