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Neighbors Not Enemies Act

Introduced: January 30, 2020 Introduced by: Omar, Ilhan Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov
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Neighbors Not Enemies Act

This bill repeals provisions authorizing the President to apprehend and remove from the United States the citizens of a particular nation, if the United States has declared war against that nation or that nation has threatened an invasion against the United States.

What's happening now January 30, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 4837 Identical bill Neighbors Not Enemies Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 15
All 15 Democratic 13
D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Sep 17, 2020
HASTINGS, ALCEE
· Sep 15, 2020
Kennedy, Joseph
· Sep 15, 2020
 D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
New Jersey · Sep 15, 2020
 D
Lieu, Ted
California · Jun 24, 2020
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Mar 9, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 21, 2020
 D
Panetta, Jimmy
California · Feb 21, 2020
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Feb 21, 2020
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 12, 2020
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Feb 12, 2020
 D
Pressley, Ayanna
Massachusetts · Feb 12, 2020
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 12, 2020
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Feb 12, 2020
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 12, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5734: Neighbors Not Enemies Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5734/
MLA
"H.R. 5734: Neighbors Not Enemies Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5734/.
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H.R. 5734, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5734/.
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[H.R. 5734: Neighbors Not Enemies Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5734/)
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