A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways".
Latest action · Jul 27, 2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 27, 2023
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review titled Circumvention of Lawful Pathways and published on May 16, 2023.
The final rule established a rebuttable presumption that a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) entering the United States from Mexico without valid entry documents is ineligible for asylum if that individual had traveled through another country to reach the United States but did not apply for asylum or similar protection in that other country.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 27, 2023 to Nov 29, 2023, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-AL | Tommy Tuberville | Original | Jul 27, 2023 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Sep 5, 2023 | |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Schmitt | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Oct 16, 2023 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Nov 15, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Jul 27, 2023Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 27, 2023Introduced in Senate
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