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HR 5207 116th Congress House

End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019

Official title: To amend section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to remove authorization to implement the Migrant Protection Protocols, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 26, 2019 See on congress.gov
Immigration Border security and unlawful immigrationImmigration status and proceduresLatin AmericaMexico
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Nov 20, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 20, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 19, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019

This bill revokes the Department of Homeland Security's statutory authority to return an alien to a contiguous country while removal proceedings are pending against that alien, if the alien arrived in the United States by land from that contiguous country.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Jan 28, 2020
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Nov 26, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5207: End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5207/
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"H.R. 5207: End the Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5207/.
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H.R. 5207, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5207/.
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