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H.R. 6136: Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018

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H.R. 6136: Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-06-19 · Immigration · Latest: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-06-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 2 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 296 (2018): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR6136 (2018-06-27), Failed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018

Plain summary

Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to achieve situational awareness and operational control of the border, including by increasing enforcement personnel. The bill provides funding for infrastructure, law enforcement, and border security, including funds for a border wall along the southern border. The bill provides for: (1) an Integrated Border Enforcement Team Program within DHS; (2) Tunnel Task Forces; (3) a pilot program on the use of electromagnetic spectrum to support border control operations; (4) a Biometric Identification Transnational Migration Alert Program; (5) construction of new border ports of entry; (6) a biometric exit data system at certain airports, seaports, and land ports of entry; (7) electronic passport screening and biometric matching; and (8) protections for children apprehended at the border from parental separation and for children in DHS custody. DHS may provide assistance to a foreign country to address migrant flows affecting the United States. DHS may provide six-year renewable contingent nonimmigrant status for certain aliens who were under the age of 16 when they first entered the United States. Adjustment to immigrant status is provided based on a point system. Children of long-term temporary foreign workers are also eligible for such status adjustment. DHS may designate certain groups as a criminal gang. Such individuals may not seek asylum, withholding of removal, or temporary protected status. Indemnification is provided for law enforcement entities sued for complying with DHS detainers. DHS detainer authority is revised. The bill creates a private right of action against a state or local jurisdiction that declines to honor a DHS detainer for a convicted illegal alien who then commits murder, rape, or sexual abuse of a minor. The bill eliminates: (1) the diversity visa program, (2) certain family-based visa categories, and (3) the per-country limit for employment-based immigrants. The per-country limit for family based-immigrants is increased. Asylum and visa screening provisions are revised.

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Official text

Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] · 11 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Michael T. McCaul (R-TX), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Don Bacon (R-NE), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI), Dan Newhouse (R-WA)

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr6136 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115