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H.R. 2662: Asylum Seeker Protection Act

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H.R. 2662: Asylum Seeker Protection Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-05-10 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-05-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. 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

Asylum Seeker Protection Act

Plain summary

Asylum Seeker Protection Act This bill prohibits the use of funds to implement or enforce the Migrant Protection Protocols announced on December 20, 2018. (The protocol generally requires that aliens who are not clearly admissible arriving by land along the U.S.-Mexico border be returned to Mexico while their immigration proceedings are pending, rather than remain in the United States. The protocol applies to aliens seeking asylum but who have been assessed not to be more likely than not to face persecution or torture in Mexico.)

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Official text

Asylum Seeker Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] · 72 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Norma J. Torres (D-CA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Juan Vargas (D-CA), Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Pete Aguilar (D-CA), Darren Soto (D-FL), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Joe Neguse (D-CO), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and 12 more.

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] reported raising $1.1 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-hr2662 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116