118th Congress Immigration
S. 3187: Southern Border Transparency Act of 2023
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- Introduced (completed)
- Passed Senate (completed)
- Passed House (not reached)
- To the President (not reached)
- Became law (not reached)
Summary
This bill requires various reports on immigration, particularly regarding individuals paroled into the United States.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection must monthly publish details on non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) paroled into the United States at ports of entry or individuals encountered between land ports of entry and subsequently granted parole. The report must include details regarding citizenship, nationality, and demographic information.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services must quarterly publish the number of humanitarian parole petitions received and the number of those granted, disaggregated by nationality.
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Quarterly, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must report on individuals encountered or apprehended at the southern U.S. border and within nearby patrol sectors. The report must contain information including citizenship, nationality, demographics, the number receiving fear of persecution screenings, and immigration outcomes. DHS must also annually report on individuals paroled into the United States on humanitarian grounds, including demographics, employment authorizations, and current immigration status.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Marsha Blackburn R-TNOriginal
- Ted Budd R-NCOriginal
- Katie Britt R-ALOriginal
- Susan Collins R-MEOriginal
- Bill Cassidy R-LAOriginal
- Tom Cotton R-AROriginal
- Kevin Cramer R-NDOriginal
- Ted Cruz R-TXOriginal
- Steve Daines R-MTOriginal
- Lindsey Graham R-SCOriginal
- Charles Grassley R-IAOriginal
- Bill Hagerty R-TNOriginal
- John Hoeven R-NDOriginal
- Cindy Hyde-Smith R-MSOriginal
- Joshua Hawley R-MOOriginal
- John Kennedy R-LAOriginal
- Cynthia Lummis R-WYOriginal
- James Lankford R-OKOriginal
- Mike Lee R-UTOriginal
- Roger Marshall R-KSOriginal
- Pete Ricketts R-NEOriginal
- Tommy Tuberville R-ALOriginal
- Thom Tillis R-NCOriginal
- James David Vance R-OHOriginal
- Todd Young R-INOriginal
- Dan Sullivan R-AK
- Kyrsten Sinema I-AZWithdrawn Dec 19, 2023
- Deb Fischer R-NE
Who scored on this bill
- 1John Cornyn SponsorReached a cosponsor milestone, introduced, drew cross-party cosponsors, discharged, passed Senate5 events+66
- 2Marsha BlackburnCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Katie BrittCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Ted BuddCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
- 2Bill CassidyCosponsored; cosponsored bill passed2 events+4
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History
- Passed the Senate by unanimous consent.
- Introduced in the Senate by John Cornyn.
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- Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Received in the House.
- Held at the desk.
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6085)
- Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6085-6086; text: CR S6086)
- Introduced in Senate
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.