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This bill seeks to prohibit the use of any federal funds to implement, administer, or carry out the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) Program or any similar successor program. The bill provides context about DED, explaining that it was first used in 1990 by the Bush administration to avoid removing foreign nationals from the United States when their home countries could not safely accept their return. The bill highlights that DED has no statutory basis in the Immigration and Nationality Act and was never approved by Congress. While the executive branch has historically justified DED through presidential foreign relations powers, the bill argues that this is actually an immigration benefit that should fall under Congressional authority. The legislation notes that Congress established Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in 1990 as a more appropriate mechanism for providing temporary protection to foreign nationals facing extraordinary circumstances in their home countries, such as armed conflict or environmental disasters. By prohibiting federal funding for DED, the bill aims to curtail what it views as an overreach of executive power in immigration matters and reassert Congressional control over immigration programs.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4200/all-info