Strengthening Immigration Procedures Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in immigration matters, and for other purposes.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Strengthening Immigration Procedures Act of 2025
This bill allows an individual to raise a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel with respect to an immigration matter, including any matter concerning a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) pending before the Department of Homeland Security or the Department of Justice. This claim must be based on allegations of deficient performance by the individual’s prior counsel and that the deficient performance prejudiced the immigration proceeding.
The bill applies to any immigration case or proceeding that is pending as of the date of enactment, has commenced after the date of enactment, or is fully adjudicated before the date of enactment.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1201: Strengthening Immigration Procedures Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1201/
"S. 1201: Strengthening Immigration Procedures Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1201/.
S. 1201, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1201/.
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