118th Congress Immigration
H.J.Res. 83: Disapproval of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review rule: Circumvention of Lawful Pathways
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways".
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Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review titled Circumvention of Lawful Pathways and published on May 16, 2023.
The final rule established a rebuttable presumption that a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) entering the United States from Mexico without valid entry documents is ineligible for asylum if that individual had traveled through another country to reach the United States but did not apply for asylum or similar protection in that other country.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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Cosponsors
- Brian Babin R-TXOriginal
- John Carter R-TXOriginal
- Eric Crawford R-AROriginal
- Andrew Clyde R-GAOriginal
- Dan Crenshaw R-TXOriginal
- Jake Ellzey R-TXOriginal
- Brett Guthrie R-KYOriginal
- Diana Harshbarger R-TNOriginal
- Morgan Luttrell R-TXOriginal
- Mary Miller R-ILOriginal
- John Rutherford R-FLOriginal
- Pete Sessions R-TXOriginal
- W. Steube R-FLOriginal
- George Santos R-NYOriginal
- Rudy Yakym R-INOriginal
- Ryan Zinke R-MTOriginal
- Andy Biggs R-AZ
- Mark Green R-TN
- Byron Donalds R-FL
- Richard Hudson R-NC
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History
- Introduced in the House by August Pfluger.
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- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


