Bill > S2577

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the provisions regarding border crossing rights for Native American and First Nations individuals. Currently, the law requires individuals to have at least 50% Native American blood to cross borders freely. The bill eliminates this blood quantum requirement and instead establishes two new criteria for border crossing: (1) being a member or eligible member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe in the United States, or (2) having either Indian status in Canada through official registration under the Canadian Indian Act or holding membership in a self-governing First Nation in Canada. This change effectively expands border crossing rights for Native American and First Nations individuals by removing the restrictive blood percentage requirement and focusing instead on tribal membership and official recognition. The bill is named the McCarran-Walter Technical Corrections Act, which suggests it is intended to update and clarify existing immigration law related to Indigenous peoples' movement across the US-Canada border.

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