# 119-s-225: End Unaccountable Amnesty Act 119-s-225, End Unaccountable Amnesty Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-225 - As of: 2026-08-11 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: 119-s-225 - Congress: 119 - Title: End Unaccountable Amnesty Act - Status: introduced - Introduced: 2025-01-23 - Sponsor: Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN) - Cosponsors: 2 - Policy area: Immigration - Touches household money: yes - Last recorded action: 2026-08-11 ## Summary **Makes Temporary Protected Status a power only Congress can grant and limits it to one-year terms.** This bill would also repeal cancellation of removal, sharply restrict parole, tighten how unaccompanied children are processed, and ban certain immigration papers as valid airport ID. - Families and parole: Parole would be limited to narrow urgent humanitarian or significant public benefit reasons. One-year parole terms are standard, one one-year extension is allowed, and a conditional parole program would be capped at 1,000 people per fiscal year. - Unaccompanied children and juvenile status: Children would get a hearing before an immigration judge within 14 days and transfers to Health and Human Services custody within 30 days when placement criteria fail. Placement adults must be screened and their information shared with DHS and removal proceedings must start within 30 days if the placing adult is unlawfully present. - Noncitizens facing removal: The bill would repeal the statutory cancellation of removal remedy and tighten Special Immigrant Juvenile Status so reunification is disallowed unless precluded by abuse, neglect, abandonment, or similar cause under state law. - Air travel and ID rules: Airlines would be barred from accepting certain immigration documents as airport security ID, including the CBP One mobile app, Notices to Appear, and DHS Form I-385. ## Cosponsors (2) - Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z - Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-01-23T00:00:00.000Z ## Provisions PRIA read - Faster hearings and child protections: benefit, medium. This bill would speed and tighten how unaccompanied children are handled. For children caught 30 days after enactment, custody would move to HHS within 30 days when appropriate. Those children must see an immigration judge within 14 days of screening. HHS must give DHS full contact and ID details f… - Much tighter parole limits: cost, high. This bill would sharply limit immigration parole. Parole would be allowed only case-by-case for narrow humanitarian reasons or a tight "significant public benefit" test. Each parole grant could last at most one year, with only one one-year extension. No more than 1,000 people could be admitted unde… - Remove cancellation of removal: cost, high. This bill would repeal the law known as "cancellation of removal." If enacted, people who might have used that remedy to avoid deportation and get lawful status would no longer have it. The bill also would change many other immigration rules that refer to that remedy. - TPS only by Congress, short terms: cost, high. This bill would make Temporary Protected Status (TPS) possible only if Congress passes a law. Each congressional TPS designation or extension could last no more than 12 months. Congress would have to include findings and an estimate of how many people and their status. TPS would automatically end u… - Ban some immigration IDs for flying: cost, low. This bill would bar TSA from accepting certain immigration documents as ID for airport security. It also would forbid airlines from letting people board using those documents. Listed items include the CBP One mobile app, a Notice to Appear, and DHS Form I-385. If enacted, travelers using those pape… ## Related bills - 119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act - 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act - 119-s-2907: Chloe Cole Act - 119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025 - 119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 - 119-s-2726: Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025 ## Sources - [119-s-225 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/225) ## Related - [119-s-4744: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4744) - [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752) - [119-s-2907: Chloe Cole Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2907) - [119-s-410: Love Lives On Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-410) - [119-s-4429: Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4429) - [119-s-2726: Beautifying Federal Civic Architecture Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2726) - [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-225 (as of 2026-08-11).