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HR 1471 115th Congress House

To suspend assistance to countries denying or delaying accepting aliens ordered removed from the United States, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 6, 2017 Introduced by: Grothman, Glenn Republican · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
International Affairs Border security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightForeign aid and international reliefImmigration status and procedures
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 9, 2017
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 Latest action March 9, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill directs: (1) the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to annually submit to Congress a list of each country that it determines denies or unreasonably delays accepting an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country after DHS asks whether the government will accept the alien ordered removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and (2) the President to suspend assistance to each country on such list.

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Dunn, Neal P.
Florida · Apr 6, 2017
Sanford, Mark
· Apr 6, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1471: To suspend assistance to countries denying or delaying accepting aliens ordered removed from the United States, and for other purposes.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1471/
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"H.R. 1471: To suspend assistance to countries denying or delaying accepting aliens ordered removed from the United States, and for other purposes.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1471/.
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H.R. 1471, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1471/.
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