H.R. 2 - 118th Congress (2023-2024) - Secure the Border Act of 2023

requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to resume activities to construct a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border;
provides statutory authorization for Operation Stonegarden, which provides grants to law enforcement agencies for certain border security operations;
prohibits DHS from processing the entry of non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) arriving between ports of entry;
limits asylum eligibility to non-U.S. nationals who arrive in the United States at a port of entry;
authorizes the removal of a non-U.S. national to a country other than that individual's country of nationality or last lawful habitual residence, whereas currently this type of removal may only be to a country that has an agreement with the United States for such removal;
expands the types of crimes that may make an individual ineligible for asylum, such as a conviction for driving while intoxicated causing another person's serious bodily injury or death;
authorizes DHS to suspend the introduction of certain non-U.S. nationals at an international border if DHS determines that the suspension is necessary to achieve operational control of that border;
prohibits states from imposing licensing requirements on immigration detention facilities used to detain minors;
authorizes immigration officers to permit an unaccompanied alien child to withdraw their application for admission into the United States even if the child is unable to make an independent decision to withdraw the application;
imposes additional penalties for overstaying a visa; and
requires DHS to create an electronic employment eligibility confirmation system modeled after the E-Verify system and requires all employers to use the system.

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Placed on Calendar Senate

May 16, 2023

Engrossed in House

May 11, 2023

Introduced in House

May 2, 2023

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05/16/2023

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 71.

05/15/2023

Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

05/11/2023

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

05/11/2023

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 213 (Roll no. 209). (text: 5/10/2023 CR H2195-2216)

05/11/2023

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 219 - 213 (Roll no. 209).(text: 5/10/2023 CR H2195-2216)

05/11/2023

On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 221 (Roll no. 208).

05/11/2023

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2293-2294)

05/11/2023

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - The Chair put the question on the motion to recommit the bill and by voice vote announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. Garcia (TX) demanded the yeas and nays, and the Chair postoned further proceedings until a time to be announced.

05/11/2023

The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

05/11/2023

Ms. Garcia (TX) moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H2281)

05/11/2023

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

05/11/2023

DEBATE - The House resumed with further debate on H.R. 2.

05/11/2023

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2258-2281)

05/11/2023

Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced that consideration of H.R. 2 would now resume.

05/10/2023

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced further proceedings on H. R. 2 would be postponed.

05/10/2023

DEBATE - The House proceeded with five hours of debate on H.R. 2.

05/10/2023

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 and H.R. 1163. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2 under a closed rule with five hours of general debate, and the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1163 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate. The resolution provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.

05/10/2023

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 383. (consideration: CR H2195-2236)

05/10/2023

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 383 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2 and H.R. 1163. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 2 under a closed rule with five hours of general debate, and the resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1163 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate. The resolution provides for a motion to recommit on each measure.

05/02/2023

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Ways and Means, Education and the Workforce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

05/02/2023

Introduced in House

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