3.0.0 342 2025-12-05T08:26:52Z 2025-12-05T08:26:52Z Senate S S 2023-02-09 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/342 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-09T19:56:24Z 118 666 HR 2023-01-31 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2023-02-09 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S317) IntroReferral 2023-02-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress P000145 Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] Alex Padilla D CA N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2023-02-09 True B001288 Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] Cory Booker D NJ 2023-02-09 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2023-02-09 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2023-02-09 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2023-02-09 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2023-02-09 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2023-02-09 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2023-02-09 True H000273 Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] John Hickenlooper D CO W. 2023-02-09 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2023-02-09 True L000570 Sen. Lujan, Ben Ray [D-NM] Ben Luján D NM R. 2023-02-09 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2023-02-09 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2023-02-09 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2023-02-09 True V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2023-02-09 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2023-02-09 True W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2023-02-09 True O000174 Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] Jon Ossoff D GA 2023-10-17 False B001320 Sen. Butler, Laphonza R. [D-CA] Laphonza Butler D CA 2023-12-06 False Immigration Immigration 2023-03-01T14:01:45Z

00 2023-02-09 Introduced in Senate 2023-03-08T20:42:02Z <p><b>Access to Counsel Act of 2023</b></p> <p>This bill provides various protections for covered individuals subject to secondary or deferred inspections when seeking admission into the United States. Covered individuals include U.S. nationals, lawful permanent residents, non-U.S. nationals (<i>aliens </i>under federal law) in possession of a visa, returning asylees, and refugees.</p> <p>The Department of Homeland Security must ensure that a covered individual subject to secondary or deferred inspection has a meaningful opportunity to consult with counsel and certain related parties, such as a relative, within an hour of the start of the secondary inspection and as necessary during the inspection process. The counsel and related party must be allowed to advocate on behalf of the covered individual, including by providing evidence and information to the examining immigration officer.</p> <p>A lawful permanent resident subject to secondary or deferred inspection may not abandon lawful permanent resident status until the individual has had a meaningful opportunity to seek advice from counsel, unless the individual voluntarily and knowingly waives in writing this opportunity to seek counsel's advice. <br /></p>

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