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S 1580 117th Congress Senate Immigration Border security and unlawful immigration Immigration status and procedures Latin America Mexico

Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2021

Introduced: May 12, 2021 Introduced by: Blackburn, Marsha Republican · Tennessee See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 12, 2021
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Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2021

This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to remove certain aliens from the United States while such an alien's application for admission is pending.

Specifically, if an alien arrived by land from a foreign country bordering the United States and the alien is not clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to admission into the United States, DOJ must return that alien to that bordering foreign country while the alien's application for admission is pending. (Currently, DOJ may choose to detain such an alien or return the alien to the bordering foreign country while the application for admission is pending.)

What's happening now May 12, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 8382 Related bill Migrant Protection Protocols Act of 2022
  • HR 5294 Identical bill Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2021
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Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · May 12, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1580: Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1580/
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"S. 1580: Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1580/.
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S. 1580, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-1580/.
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