# 119-hr-2090: Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2025

119-hr-2090, Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2090
- Congress: 119
- Title: Identifying Potential Terrorist at the Border Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-11
- Sponsor: Rep. Williams, Roger [R-TX-25] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**Makes being on the Terrorist Screening Database a new ground to detain an alien under 8 U.S.C. 1226A.** The bill would add that ground to the statute, require the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to take and maintain custody until a cross-reference with the terrorist screening database returns a result, and define the term by reference to the Homeland Security Act of 2002. - Families and individuals subject to section 236A: People flagged by the database could be held in custody while the cross-reference is completed, creating a new, database-based detention trigger. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection: CBP would be required to take and maintain custody of aliens pending the cross-reference result, increasing CBP's screening and custodial role. - Legal definition and process: The bill ties the operative meaning of "terrorist screening database" to the Homeland Security Act, anchoring which federal watchlist governs the new detention ground.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Border holds for noncitizens during terrorism checks: cost, medium. If enacted, CBP would have to take and hold noncitizens until a check of the federal terrorist screening database returns a result. This rule would apply even if other laws say otherwise. Being on that database would also become a specific ground for detention under immigration law. The bill would…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act
- 119-hr-4312: SCORE Act
- 119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act
- 119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act
- 119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2090 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2090)

## Related
- [119-hr-137: TCJA Permanency Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-137)
- [119-hr-4312: SCORE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4312)
- [119-hr-2570: Maximum Pressure Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2570)
- [119-hr-6955: Main Street Capital Access Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6955)
- [119-hr-624: RIFLE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-624)
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2090 (as of 2025-12-21).