HR 1238
111th Congress
House
Immigration
Caribbean area
Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Detention of persons
Immigration status and procedures
Latin America
Military facilities and property
Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
To prohibit the presence in the United States of any alien formerly detained at the Department of Defense detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Introduced: February 26, 2009
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Feb 26, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 26, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Makes an alien who is detained at the Department of Defense (DOD) detention facility at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, permanently ineligible for: (1) U.S. admission for any purpose, including refugee admission; and (2) parole into the United States or any other physical presence in the United States that is not regarded as an admission, including transfer for detention purposes.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
Committees of jurisdiction
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