3.0.0 425 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z Senate S S 2023-02-14 118 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-02-14T23:50:06Z 2023-02-14 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2023-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC N T000476 Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] Thomas Tillis R NC Roland 2023-02-16 False Immigration Immigration 2023-03-17T01:15:19Z

00 2023-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2023-04-24T22:37:55Z <p><b>Secure and Protect Act of 2023 </b></p> <p>This bill makes changes to the handling of unaccompanied alien children and asylum applications. (<i>Aliens </i>is the term in federal law used to describe non-U.S. nationals.)</p> <p>The <i>Flores</i> settlement (a court settlement imposing conditions on the treatment of detained alien minors) shall not restrict any activities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall have sole discretion as to the conditions of detention for such minors. </p> <p>Statutory provisions governing the handling of unaccompanied alien children from U.S.-bordering countries shall now govern all unaccompanied alien children. The bill provides for requirements relating to the handling of such children. Certain immigration officer determinations relating to unaccompanied alien children shall be unreviewable.</p> <p>DHS may detain accompanied alien children while removal proceedings are pending (some courts have ruled that <i>Flores</i> limits the detention of certain children to 20 days). States may not impose licensing requirements for family detention facilities.</p> <p>An unaccompanied alien child may not be released from custody while immigration or removal proceedings are pending, with some exceptions.</p> <p>The bill limits asylum eligibility to individuals entering the United States at a designated port of entry and provides for additional grounds for asylum ineligibility. A <i>credible fear of persecution</i> is redefined to mean that it is more likely than not that the individual would be able to establish eligibility for asylum.</p> <p>The Department of State must establish refugee application and processing centers in Mexico and Central America. </p> <p>The bill also requires the hiring of additional immigration judges, support staff, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement attorneys.</p>

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