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119-hr-57119th Congress

Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would end catch-and-release by barring parole or release for asylum applicants and making detention or return the default. It also shifts authority to the Secretary of Homeland Security and raises the asylum evidentiary standard.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 2 costs, 1 mixed.

Stricter asylum test and mandatory detention

If enacted, asylum seekers would face a higher bar at screening. They would need to show it is more likely than not that they qualify for asylum. The bill would bar parole or other release during processing. People could be detained or, if they arrived by land from a country that borders the U.S., returned there while their case is considered. In expedited removal, DHS would try to remove people within 72 hours; if not possible, they would be kept in detention until removal.

More grounds to deny entry at ports

This bill would add one more inadmissibility ground officers could use at inspection. That means officials would have another rule to deny admission for people seeking to enter the U.S.

DHS takes authority; one clause removed

This bill would move certain decisions from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security. It would also delete one subparagraph and its cross‑reference in the same section. These are procedural changes and their effects would depend on how DHS carries them out.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5]

AZ • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 1/3/2025

  • Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 3/6/2025

  • Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 11/20/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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