HR 273 · 119th Congress 2025–2027

REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 9, 2025 Originated House Sponsor Brandon Gill R-TX

Latest action · Jan 9, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 9, 2025
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Return Excessive Migrants and Asylees to International Neighbors in Mexico Act of 2025 or the REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2025

This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement the Migrant Protection Protocols as outlined in the January 25, 2019, memo titled Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols.

(The protocols generally required aliens who are not clearly admissible, including those seeking asylum, arriving by land along the U.S.-Mexico border to be returned to Mexico while their immigration proceedings are pending, rather than remain in the United States. On January 21, 2021, DHS stopped applying the protocols to newly-arrived individuals.)

Cosponsors 110

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2025 to Apr 28, 2026; 84 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Aaron Bean	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-AZ	Abraham J. Hamadeh	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NC	Addison P. McDowell	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TN	Andrew Ogles	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-GA	Andrew S. Clyde	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-AZ	Andy Biggs	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MD	Andy Harris	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-FL	Anna Paulina Luna	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	August Pfluger	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Beth Van Duyne	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MI	Bill Huizenga	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-UT	Blake D. Moore	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MN	Brad Finstad	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-FL	Byron Donalds	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NY	Claudia Tenney	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-LA	Clay Higgins	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-FL	Cory Mills	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Dan Crenshaw	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-OH	David J. Taylor	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-KS	Derek Schmidt	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NE	Don Bacon	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-AZ	Elijah Crane	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MO	Eric Burlison	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-IN	Erin Houchin	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-CO	Gabe Evans	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-AL	Gary J. Palmer	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-KY	Harold Rogers	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-WY	Harriet M. Hageman	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MI	Jack Bergman	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Jake Ellzey	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MO	Jason Smith	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Jodey C. Arrington	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-VA	John J. McGuire III	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-OK	Josh Brecheen	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-AZ	Juan Ciscomani	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Keith Self	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-OK	Kevin Hern	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Lance Gooden	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-CO	Lauren Boebert	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-GA	Marjorie Taylor Greene	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MO	Mark Alford	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-IN	Mark B. Messmer	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NC	Mark Harris	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-IL	Mary E. Miller	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-OH	Michael A. Rulli	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Michael Cloud	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MS	Michael Guest	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NY	Michael Lawler	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MN	Michelle Fischbach	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-IL	Mike Bost	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-GA	Mike Collins	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-SC	Nancy Mace	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Nathaniel Moran	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-FL	Neal P. Dunn	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NY	Nicholas A. Langworthy	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-AK	Nicholas J. Begich III	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NY	Nicole Malliotakis	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NC	Pat Harrigan	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-SC	Ralph Norman	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-WV	Riley M. Moore	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-KS	Ron Estes	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-IN	Rudy Yakym III	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-SC	Russell Fry	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MT	Ryan K. Zinke	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MI	Tom Barrett	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Tony Gonzales	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-WI	Tony Wied	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-OH	Troy Balderson	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-MT	Troy Downing	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Troy E. Nehls	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-OH	Warren Davidson	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-TX	Wesley Hunt	Original	Jan 9, 2025
R-AL	Barry Moore		Jan 13, 2025
R-CO	Jeff Crank		Jan 13, 2025
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jan 13, 2025
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Jan 13, 2025
R-TX	Pat Fallon		Jan 13, 2025
R-NE	Adrian Smith		Jan 14, 2025
R-GA	Richard McCormick		Jan 14, 2025
R-SC	Sheri Biggs		Jan 14, 2025
D-WA	Marie Gluesenkamp Perez		Jan 16, 2025
R-WA	Michael Baumgartner		Jan 16, 2025
R-VA	Ben Cline		Jan 21, 2025
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Jan 21, 2025
R-KS	Tracey Mann		Jan 21, 2025
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Jan 21, 2025
R-UT	Burgess Owens		Jan 22, 2025
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis		Jan 22, 2025
R-TN	John W. Rose		Jan 22, 2025
R-OK	Stephanie I. Bice		Jan 22, 2025
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Jan 22, 2025
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Jan 23, 2025
R-CA	Jay Obernolte		Jan 31, 2025
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Feb 5, 2025
R-NC	Tim Moore		Feb 5, 2025
R-FL	Daniel Webster		Mar 31, 2025
R-FL	Randy Fine		Jul 10, 2025
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Apr 28, 2026

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jan 9, 2025

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House
Jan 9, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 5, January 9, 2025, page H92.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
S. Hrg. 119-361	THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S IMPLEMENTATION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S MAY 2025 NUCLEAR ENERGY EXECUTIVE ORDERS126 pages	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	Mar 19, 2026

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to continue to implement the Migrant Protection Protocols, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced: REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2025; Return Excessive Migrants and Asylees to International Neighbors in Mexico Act of 2025

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 9, 2025Introduced in House

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