H.R. 2522:
HUMANE Act of 2019
NumbersUSA's Position:
SupportTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to address the protective custody of alien children accompanied by parents, and for other purposes.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to address the protective custody of alien children accompanied by parents, and for other purposes.
To provide standards for facilities at which aliens in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security are detained, and for other purposes.
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to repeal certain waiver authority relating to the construction of new border barriers, and for other purposes.
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a fund for private landowners, and for other purposes.
To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require border community stakeholder consultation before the Secretary of Homeland Security may construct, install, deploy, operate, or maintain additional physical barriers, tactical infrastructure, or technology between ports of entry along the land border with Mexico, and for other purposes.
To prohibit the use of amounts appropriated for military construction or the Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of barriers, land acquisition, or any other associated activities on the southern border without specific statutory authorization from Congress.
To reunite families separated at or near ports of entry, and for other purposes.
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to build a wall along the southern border, and for other purposes.
To provide appropriations to secure the southern border of the United States, and for other purposes.
To reserve any amounts forfeited to the United States Government as a result of the criminal prosecution of Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman Loera (commonly known as "El Chapo"), or of other felony convictions involving the transportation of controlled substances into the United States, for security measures along the Southern border, including the completion of a border wall.