Fox's first appearance: A bill recently introduced in the House of Representatives that would reinstate the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” policy is the latest immigration bill to garner bipartisan support and co-sponsors in Congress.
Freshman Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) introduced the Remain in Mexico Act this month.
The bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols, which was introduced during the first Trump administration and required immigrants to wait in Mexico while their asylum cases were heard. Ta. This was part of an effort to end a practice known as “catching.” And release it. ” The protocol was repealed by the Biden administration, which called it cruel and invalid.
Trump's policy to remain in Mexico could be revived with new House Republican bill
Then-President Donald Trump (left) speaks with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott during a ceremony commemorating 200 miles of border wall on the U.S.-Mexico border in San Luis, Arizona, June 23, 2020. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
President Donald Trump signed an order reinstating the protocol, but codifying the policy into federal law would make it much harder for critics to repeal it under another administration.
However, the bill is currently before Congress and has already attracted more than 100 co-sponsors, according to Fox News Digital. This includes two Democrats, Rep. Marie Grusenkamp Perez, D-Wash., and Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine.
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“I am grateful that more than 100 of my colleagues have shown bipartisan support for my Remain in Mexico Act, which would enact President Trump's administration's border measures,” Gill told Fox News Digital. It's full of things,” he said.
President Donald Trump has made security at the southern border a top priority of his administration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci | Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)
“The tide is turning under President Trump. Congress recognizes that we must strengthen our national security, prevent fraudulent asylum claims, and put our people first.”
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The bill is one of many immigration bills introduced so far after a year in which illegal immigration was a top issue for voters, resulting in Republicans controlling the House, Senate and White House. , and there are increasing signs of support from the Democratic Party.
The House of Representatives on Wednesday night passed the Laken-Reilly Act, which would require the detention of undocumented immigrants accused of theft-related crimes. It had already passed the Senate. In the House of Representatives, 46 Democrats voted in favor.
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Reflecting a series of orders from the White House, the House of Representatives is expected to take proactive steps to combat illegal immigration. These orders include declaring a national emergency at the border, sending troops to the border and ending a number of Biden administration-era parole programs.
