SJRES 41: A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Officer for Immigration Review relating to "Circumvention of Lawful Pathways".

Quick Facts:

Congress: 118

Date Introduced: July 27, 2023

Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (July 27, 2023)

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This joint resolution nullifies the final rule issued by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Executive Office for Immigration Review titled Circumvention of Lawful Pathways and published on May 16, 2023.

The final rule established a rebuttable presumption that a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) entering the United States from Mexico without valid entry documents is ineligible for asylum if that individual had traveled through another country to reach the United States but did not apply for asylum or similar protection in that other country.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) (July 27, 2023)

Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) (July 27, 2023)

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) (July 27, 2023)

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) (July 27, 2023)

Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) (July 27, 2023)

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) (July 27, 2023)

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) (July 27, 2023)

Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN) (Sept. 5, 2023)

Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) (Sept. 5, 2023)

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) (Oct. 3, 2023)

Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) (Oct. 16, 2023)

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) (Oct. 16, 2023)