HR318119th Congress

Border Safety and Security Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Representative Roy

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Summary

This bill would give the Department of Homeland Security the power to suspend the entry of non-U.S. nationals without valid entry documents. It would bar such people at land or maritime borders while DHS cannot detain them or return them to a contiguous country and when needed to attain operational control over a border.

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  • Arriving people and families: Non-U.S. nationals who lack valid entry documents could be barred from entering during periods when DHS cannot detain them or return them to a contiguous country.
  • Homeland Security operations: The Secretary could prohibit entry, in whole or in part, to achieve "operational control" at international land or maritime borders.
  • States: State attorneys general could sue the Secretary in federal court to seek injunctive relief to enforce the suspension requirement.

Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

DHS could pause entry for some migrants

If enacted, DHS could pause or limit entry at land or sea borders for certain noncitizens without required papers. The Secretary could choose a full or partial pause, and set how long it lasts, even if other laws conflict. DHS would have to block entry when it cannot detain people as required or place them in a return program. The pause would stay until detention or placement options are available.

States could sue DHS over suspensions

If enacted, state attorneys general could sue DHS in federal court to enforce the mandatory suspension rule. They would need to show a violation that affects their state or its residents and ask for an injunction. The bill would also define who is a "covered alien" (people seeking entry without valid papers) and use the 2006 Secure Fence Act meaning of "operational control."

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Roy

TX • R

Cosponsors

  • Van Duyne

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Stauber

    MN • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Higgins (LA)

    LA • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Crenshaw

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Cloud

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Crane

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Perry

    PA • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Weber (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • De La Cruz

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • McCormick

    GA • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Hageman

    WY • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Williams (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Hunt

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Collins

    GA • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Ellzey

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Kelly (MS)

    MS • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Cline

    VA • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Van Drew

    NJ • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Fitzgerald

    WI • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Biggs (AZ)

    AZ • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Boebert

    CO • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Guthrie

    KY • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Harris (MD)

    MD • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Self

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Babin

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Fulcher

    ID • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Ogles

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • McClintock

    CA • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Zinke

    MT • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Issa

    CA • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Norman

    SC • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Sessions

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Miller (IL)

    IL • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Luttrell

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Fallon

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Donalds

    FL • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Brecheen

    OK • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Moore (AL)

    AL • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Luna

    FL • R

    Sponsored 1/9/2025

  • Carter (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 1/14/2025

  • Harshbarger

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/21/2025

  • Harris (NC)

    NC • R

    Sponsored 2/4/2025

  • Goldman (TX)

    TX • R

    Sponsored 2/4/2025

  • McDowell

    NC • R

    Sponsored 2/26/2025

  • Stefanik

    NY • R

    Sponsored 4/7/2025

  • Biggs (SC)

    SC • R

    Sponsored 2/4/2026

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