[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5841 Introduced in House (IH)]








109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5841

 To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from paroling into the 
United States an alien who falls ill while seeking admission at a port 
of entry or seeks emergency medical assistance by approaching an agent 
or official of the Department of Homeland Security at or near a border.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 19, 2006

  Mr. Pearce introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit the Secretary of Homeland Security from paroling into the 
United States an alien who falls ill while seeking admission at a port 
of entry or seeks emergency medical assistance by approaching an agent 
or official of the Department of Homeland Security at or near a border.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION ON USE OF PAROLE POWER TO PROVIDE MEDICAL 
              ASSISTANCE TO ALIENS AT A BORDER.

    Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(d)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(C) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not parole into the 
United States an alien solely because the alien--
            ``(i) falls ill while seeking admission, or waiting to seek 
        admission, at a port of entry into the United States; or
            ``(ii) approaches an agent or official of the Department of 
        Homeland Security at or near the border in order to seek 
        emergency medical assistance.''.
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