S 344 119th Congress Senate Immigration

A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the…

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A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.

Introduced: January 30, 2025 Introduced by: Scott, Rick Republican · Florida See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 30, 2025

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This bill requires U.S. Customs and Border Protection to conduct recurrent and periodic screening and vetting of all evacuees from Afghanistan who were paroled into the United States under certain operations. The screening and vetting must include consulting all law enforcement and international terrorist screening databases.

What's happening now January 30, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Ernst, Joni

Iowa · Jan 30, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 344: A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-344/

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"S. 344: A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-344/.

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S. 344, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-344/.

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[S. 344: A bill to require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to identify and conduct recurrent vetting of evacuees from Afghanistan found not to be properly vetted before entering the United States.](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-344/)