S. 391: Access to Counsel Act of 2025
Quick Facts:
Bill Sponsor: Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA)
Congress: 119
Date Introduced: Feb. 4, 2025
Last Action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S595-596) (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).
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. John Hickenlooper (D-CO) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) (Feb. 4, 2025)
Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) (Feb. 11, 2025)