H.R. 1690 118th Congress House

ORDER Act

Official title: To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration agreements, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 27, 2023 Introduced by: Michael T. McCaul Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

Immigration Border security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightEl SalvadorGuatemala

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HondurasInternational law and treatiesLatin AmericaMexicoRefugees, asylum, displaced persons

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

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Became law

May 5, 2023

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 30.

May 5, 2023

Committee on the Judiciary discharged.

May 5, 2023

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. H. Rept. 118-46, Part I.

Apr 28, 2023

Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 22.

Apr 28, 2023

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Apr 26, 2023

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Mar 22, 2023

Introduced in House

Mar 22, 2023

Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Latest action May 5, 2023

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 30.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Orderly Requirements Designed to Enforce and Regulate Latin American Migration Act or the ORDER Act

This bill requires the Department of State to seek to negotiate agreements with Western Hemisphere countries concerning issues related to immigration enforcement and refugee processing.

Such agreements must contain certain provisions. For example, the government of Mexico must (1) accept the rapid entrance into Mexico of non-Mexican nationals seeking asylum; (2) process the asylum claims of such individuals inside Mexico in accordance with domestic law and international treaties; (3) accept the continued presence in Mexico of such individuals who have pending applications for asylum in the United States, if the individual is ineligible for asylum in Mexico; and (4) provide appropriate humanitarian protections. Such agreements must also require the governments of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala to accept the entrance of nationals of other countries seeking asylum and process such claims in accordance with domestic law and international treaties.

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