# 119-hr-57: Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025

119-hr-57, Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ); status introduced (as of 2026-04-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-57
- Congress: 119
- Title: Ending Catch and Release Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-01-03
- Sponsor: Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## 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.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2025-01-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2025-03-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK), 2025-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stricter asylum test and mandatory detention: cost, high. 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.,…
- More grounds to deny entry at ports: cost, medium. 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: mixed, low. 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.

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026
- 119-hr-4448: Restoring Equal Opportunity Act
- 119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025
- 119-hr-778: Safeguarding American Workers’ Benefits Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-57 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/57)

## Related
- [119-hr-9298: Stopping Harmful and Outrageous Torts Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9298)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-7651: Chloe Cole Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7651)
- [119-hr-4448: Restoring Equal Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4448)
- [119-hr-925: Dismantle DEI Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-925)
- [119-hr-778: Safeguarding American Workers’ Benefits Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-778)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-57 (as of 2026-04-21).