REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2021
Summary
Return Excessive Migrants and Asylees to International Neighbors in Mexico Act of 2021 or the REMAIN in Mexico Act of 2021 This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to implement the Migrant Protection Protocols as outlined in the January 25, 2019, memo titled Policy Guidance for Implementation of the Migrant Protection Protocols . (The protocols generally required aliens who are not clearly admissible, including those seeking asylum, arriving by land along the U.S.-Mexico border to be returned to Mexico while their immigration proceedings are pending, rather than remain in the United States. On January 21, 2021, DHS stopped applying the protocols to newly-arrived individuals.)
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Feb 23, 2021
Last action Apr 28, 2021
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Committee
2
Apr 28, 2021
Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
lower
Feb 23, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 101 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matthew M. Rosendale, Sr.
RRepublican
Co
A. Drew Ferguson IV
RRepublican
Co
Adrian Smith
RRepublican
Co
Andy Biggs
RRepublican
Co
Andy Harris
RRepublican
Co
Ann Wagner
RRepublican
Co
August Pfluger
RRepublican
Co
Ben Cline
RRepublican
Co
Bill Johnson
RRepublican
Co
Bill Posey
RRepublican
Co
Blaine Luetkemeyer
RRepublican
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