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[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Ms. JAYAPAL:H.R. 944.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 4 provides Congress with thepower to establish a ``uniform rule of Naturalization.''[Page H460]
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- Access to Counsel Act of 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S595-596)
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Jayapal
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WA
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N
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D
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
True
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
True
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TX
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2025-02-04
True
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IL
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
True
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Sylvia
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TX
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29
2025-02-04
True
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Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
Jesús
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2025-02-04
True
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Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
True
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2025-02-04
True
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-04
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2025-02-11
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2025-02-12
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2025-02-25
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2025-02-25
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2025-03-18
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2025-04-30
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2025-05-14
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2025-07-02
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2025-09-15
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2025-09-26
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2025-09-30
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Immigration
Immigration
2025-03-07T16:16:48Z
00
2025-02-04
Introduced in House
2025-06-03T21:30:21Z
Access to Counsel Act
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 (aliens under federal law) in possession of a visa, returning asylees, and refugees.
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.
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.

Access to Counsel Act
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Access to Counsel Act
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Access to Counsel Act
2025-03-05T10:08:19Z
Introduced in House
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- Official Title as Introduced
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To clarify the rights of certain persons who are held or detained at a port of entry or at any facility overseen by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
2025-03-05T10:03:51Z
Introduced in House
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