Bill > HR9199

This bill, titled the "Permanent Trump Secure Border Act," aims to significantly enhance border security and reform immigration enforcement. Key provisions include the immediate resumption and completion of border wall construction along the U.S.-Mexico border, the deployment of advanced technology and tactical infrastructure to achieve "operational control" and "situational awareness" (meaning the ability to detect and deter unlawful activity), and the expansion of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel and resources, including technology upgrades and increased flight hours for air and marine operations. The bill also reauthorizes the Anti-Border Corruption Act to streamline hiring for law enforcement officers and introduces stricter rules for asylum claims, including limitations on eligibility for those who have transited through other countries, have criminal convictions, or have a history of asylum application fraud. Furthermore, it mandates the reopening of specific immigration detention facilities, revises parole policies to restrict its use to urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit on a case-by-case basis, and introduces penalties for visa overstays. The bill also addresses the repatriation of unaccompanied alien children, aiming to return them swiftly to their home countries unless they are victims of trafficking or fear persecution, and seeks to establish international agreements for cooperation on immigration and asylum with Western Hemisphere countries. Finally, it includes provisions to prohibit the use of the CBP One app for scheduling asylum interviews and to repeal certain regulations related to agricultural worker wages.