H.R. 944: Access to Counsel Act
Quick Facts:
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7)
Congress: 119
Date Introduced: Feb. 4, 2025
Last Action: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (Feb. 4, 2025)
Access to Counsel Act of 2025
This bill guarantees access to counsel to all nationals, green card holders, aliens seeking admission as immigrants or nonimmigrants, refugees, asylees, and parolees if they are detained for secondary screening at a port of entry.
Further, the bill prohibits the acceptance of a Record of Abandonment of Lawful Permanent Resident Status from an LPR subject to secondary screening or deferred inspection without providing access to counsel (unless the LPR waives this in writing).
Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Nanette Barragán (D-CA-44) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX-35) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL-6) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA-28) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-NY-9) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL-7) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO-1) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX-29) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Chuy García (D-IL-4) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ-7) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA-4) (Feb. 4, 2025)
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Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA-12) (Feb. 4, 2025)
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18) (Feb. 4, 2025)
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Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI-4) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY-12) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-At-Large) (Feb. 4, 2025)
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Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL-5) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL-3) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL-9) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA-9) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM-1) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12) (Feb. 4, 2025)
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY-10) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Rep. André Carson (D-IN-7) (Feb. 5, 2025)
Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA-38) (Feb. 5, 2025)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5) (Feb. 5, 2025)
Rep. Julia Brownley (D-CA-26) (Feb. 7, 2025)
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) (Feb. 10, 2025)
Rep. Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3) (Feb. 10, 2025)
Rep. Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) (Feb. 10, 2025)
Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT-At-Large) (Feb. 11, 2025)
Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16) (Feb. 12, 2025)
Rep. Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) (Feb. 25, 2025)
Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) (Feb. 25, 2025)
Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA-46) (March 10, 2025)
Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) (March 18, 2025)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1) (March 21, 2025)
Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO-1) (March 25, 2025)
Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA-31) (March 25, 2025)
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) (April 7, 2025)