To authorize the Secretary of State to negotiate regional immigration agreements, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The ORDER Act establishes U.S. policy to negotiate immigration enforcement agreements with Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, and other Western Hemisphere countries. It requires the Secretary of State to pursue deals that would have Mexico accept and process asylum seekers from other countries, while also requiring regular congressional briefings on border security efforts.
Who Benefits and How
U.S. Immigration Enforcement Agencies benefit from reduced processing burden as asylum seekers would be processed in Mexico or their home countries rather than at the U.S. border. The Department of State gains expanded authority to negotiate immigration agreements. U.S. taxpayers potentially benefit from reduced costs associated with processing and detaining asylum seekers domestically.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Mexico would be required to accept and process asylum claims from non-Mexican nationals, creating significant administrative and financial obligations. Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala face similar obligations to accept returning nationals and process asylum claims. Asylum seekers may face longer waits and potentially less favorable conditions while their claims are processed outside the United States.
Key Provisions
- Directs Secretary of State to negotiate burden-sharing agreements with Mexico and Central American nations on immigration enforcement
- Requires Mexico to accept non-Mexican asylum seekers and process their claims within Mexico
- Mandates 90-day congressional briefings on border security efforts until illegal immigration is certified as manageable
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Establishes U.S. policy for regional cooperation with Western Hemisphere countries on immigration enforcement and asylum processing, directing the Secretary of State to negotiate burden-sharing agreements with Mexico and Central American nations.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Foreign Affairs, National Security
Primary Purpose
Establishes U.S. policy for regional cooperation with Western Hemisphere countries on immigration enforcement and asylum processing, directing the Secretary of State to negotiate burden-sharing agreements with Mexico and Central American nations.
Policy Domains
ORDER Act - Immigration Cooperation
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- U.S. Immigration Enforcement Agencies
- Department of State
- U.S. Taxpayers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Mexico
- Central American Governments
- Asylum Seekers
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedAdditional sponsors: Mrs. Wagner, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Self, Mrs. Radewagen, …
Reported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs with an amendment
Committee on the Judiciary discharged; committed to the Committee of …
Mr. McCaul introduced the following bill; which was referred to …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Department of State, Department of State officials negotiating and administering regional immigration agreements, Department of State officials preparing recurring immigration-enforcement briefings
Department of State officials negotiating and administering regional immigration agreements, Department of State officials preparing recurring immigration-enforcement briefings, Department of State overseas building and Western Hemisphere affairs offices, House Foreign Affairs and Senate Foreign Relations committees, Mexican and regional law enforcement partners, Mexican, Honduran, Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and other regional governments, Western Hemisphere foreign governments asked to share migration enforcement responsibilities face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Immigration Enforcement Agencies, U.S. Immigration and Border Protection agencies
Negative-direction: Department of State
U.S. border and immigration enforcement operations, U.S. immigration enforcement agencies relying on regional processing and repatriation agreements, U.S. immigration enforcement and border agencies
U.S. border and immigration enforcement operations, U.S. immigration enforcement agencies relying on regional processing and repatriation agreements, U.S. immigration enforcement and border agencies, U.S. immigration enforcement policy oversight face effects in multiple directions
Asylum seekers and migrants affected by regionalized processing, Asylum seekers and migrants required to wait or process claims outside the United States
Asylum seekers and migrants affected by regionalized processing, Asylum seekers and migrants required to wait or process claims outside the United States face effects in multiple directions
Foreign aid recipients running migration-reduction programs
Foreign aid recipients running migration-reduction programs faces effects in multiple directions
Government of Mexico, Governments of Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala
Transnational organized crime and drug trafficking organizations
Transnational organized crime and drug trafficking organizations faces effects in multiple directions
Foreign aid programs lacking proven immigration reduction outcomes
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of State
- "appropriate_congressional_committees"
- → House Foreign Affairs Committee and Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
The Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
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