# 119-hr-9773: Permanent Trump Secure Border Act

119-hr-9773, Permanent Trump Secure Border Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX); status in_committee (as of 2026-08-29).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9773
- Congress: 119
- Title: Permanent Trump Secure Border Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2026-07-20
- Sponsor: Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-29

## Summary

**Restricts asylum eligibility** by adding new disqualifying grounds, Safe Third Country rules, and a higher credible-fear threshold. It also shifts more decision-making power to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over asylum, parole, detention, and returns. - Families and children: Authorizes detention of family units in defined "family residential centers" and requires custody and placement changes for unaccompanied children, including an immigration-judge hearing within 14 days after screening. Special Immigrant Juvenile status rules are tightened to limit reunification claims. - Asylum seekers and applicants: Expands specific ineligibility categories like serious criminal and certain domestic-violence-related offenses. Credible-fear interviews must show it is "more likely than not" the applicant qualifies for asylum. Employment authorization is no longer automatic and requires a 180-day wait with work permits limited to six-month terms when granted. - Enforcement and removals: DHS gains broader authority to return or detain migrants, to bar certain inadmissible entrants to achieve "operational control," and to parole narrowly defined groups. Penalties for unlawful entry rise to $500–$1,000 and new criminal and civil penalties apply to aggregate 10-day visa overstays, including jail time up to 6 months for a first violation and up to 2 years for repeat violations.

## Provisions PRIA read

- Block inadmissible people at borders: benefit, medium. If enacted, the DHS Secretary would be able to bar people who are legally inadmissible from entering at land or sea borders to help achieve operational control. The bar would apply to people inadmissible under specified parts of immigration law. The Secretary would decide how long the prohibition l…
- Faster asylum hearings for some nationals: benefit, low. If enacted, the Attorney General would have 30 days to set faster asylum procedures for certain nationals. The faster rules would apply only to people in section 240 removal proceedings who are nationals of Western Hemisphere countries that were under specified U.S. sanctions on January 1, 2023. Th…
- Higher fines and overstay penalties: cost, high. If enacted, this bill would raise civil fines and create a new overstay crime. Civil fines for unlawful entry would be $500 to $1,000 per violation. A new visa-overstay violation would apply when a nonimmigrant is out of status for an aggregate of 10 days or more. Each overstay violation would carr…
- Stricter asylum and parole rules: cost, high. If enacted, this bill would sharply tighten parole and asylum rules. Parole for people not in the U.S. would be allowed only case-by-case for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. Initial parole would last only as long as needed or up to 1 year, with one possible 1-year extensi…
- New checks on child placements: mixed, medium. If enacted, HHS would have a 30-day deadline to take custody of many unaccompanied alien children. Before placing a child, HHS would give DHS the placement person's name, Social Security number, birth date, address, contact info, and immigration status if known. If DHS finds the placement person is…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3330: Energy Freedom Act
- 119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026
- 119-hr-9199: Permanent Trump Secure Border Act
- 119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026
- 119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025
- 119-hr-8443: End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-9773 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9773)

## Related
- [119-hr-3330: Energy Freedom Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3330)
- [119-hr-9200: Secure the Border Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9200)
- [119-hr-9199: Permanent Trump Secure Border Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9199)
- [119-hr-8206: Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8206)
- [119-hr-6225: PAUSE Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6225)
- [119-hr-8443: End H–1B Visa Abuse Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8443)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9773 (as of 2026-08-29).