Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2025
The summary
What this bill does
Make the Migrant Protection Protocols Mandatory Act of 2025
This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to remove certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) from the United States while such an individual's application for admission is pending.
Specifically, if such an individual arrived by land from a foreign country bordering the United States and the individual is not clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to admission into the United States, DOJ must return that individual to that bordering foreign country while the individual's application for admission is pending. (Currently, DOJ may choose to detain such an individual or return the individual to the bordering foreign country while the application for admission is pending.)
Legislative timeline
From introduction
Jan 16, 2025
Introduced & referred to committee
Congressional support
Sponsors & Cosponsors
U.S. Representative - Tennessee District 7 · R-TN
9 cosponsors
U.S. Representative - MT · R-MT
U.S. Representative - ID · R-ID
U.S. Representative - MT · R-MT
U.S. Representative - Idaho District 2 · R-ID
U.S. Senator - South Dakota · R-SD
U.S. Representative - KS · R-KS
U.S. Representative - NC · R-NC
U.S. Senator - Ohio · R-OH
U.S. Representative - MS · R-MS
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Bill Metadata
| Congress | 119 |
| Bill Type | S |
| Bill Number | 112 |
| Origin Chamber | Senate |
| Current Status | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Policy Area | Immigration |
| Primary Committee | Not assigned |
| Introduced | January 16, 2025 |
| Latest Action | January 16, 2025 |
| Cosponsors | 9 · House vote — · 1 views |