118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 425 — Secure and Protect Act of 2023

“A bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to protect alien minors and to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to end abuse of the asylum system and establish refugee application and processing centers outside the United States, and for other purposes.”

Immigration

Introduced Feb 14, 2023

Last action Feb 14, 2023

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SummaryCRS Summary

This bill makes changes to the handling of unaccompanied alien children and asylum applications. (Aliens is the term in federal law used to describe non-U.S. nationals.) The Flores settlement (a court settlement imposing conditions on the treatment of detained alien minors) shall not restrict any activities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall have sole discretion as to the conditions of detention for such minors. Statutory provisions governing the handling of unaccompanied alien children from U.S.-bordering countries shall now govern all unaccompanied alien children. The bill provides for requirements relating to the handling of such children. Certain immigration officer deter...

Provisions · 6 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Feb 14, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Feb 14, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.