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Ted Budd (R-NC)

Detention Authority Clarification Act

S. 4593 · Senate bill Immigration

A Republican bill with 6 Republican cosponsors · See all 6 cosponsors

Last activity — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill, known as the "Detention Authority Clarification Act," aims to amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act. It focuses on the inspection and detention of certain individuals. Specifically, it changes the language regarding those seeking admission to refer to them as "the applicant for admission." The primary purpose is to require mandatory detention for aliens who are physically present in the United States but have not been admitted.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The bill increases border control by requiring mandatory detention for certain applicants for admission who are physically present in the country.

The opposite· 3 of 4

  • Scored -8

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    The bill imposes mandatory detention on individuals who have not yet been admitted to the United States.

  • Scored -6

    Does this make it easier for immigrants already here to become citizens?

    Mandatory detention of applicants for admission creates significant legal and physical barriers to the immigration process.

  • Scored -5

    Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this?

    The bill's mandatory detention requirements target populations that include a high proportion of Hispanic immigrants.