,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bffb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #aj1 #bjai,ms4  
,escobar 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,espaillat1 
,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,garcia of ,texas1   
,ms4 ,omar1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 
,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,ms4          
,velzquez1 ,ms4 ,bonamici1 ,mrs4 ,torres
 of ,california1 ,mrs4 ,davis of        
,california1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,dean1
 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,vela1  
,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,vargas1 ,ms4 ,speier1 
,ms4 ,scanlon1 and ,ms4                 
,mucarsel-,powell7 introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a    
,,bill  ,to prohibit funds from being   
used to implement the ,migrant          
,protection ,protocols announced by the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security on    
,december #bj1 #bjah4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the ,asylum  
,seeker ,protection ,act4  #b4 ,findings
 ,the ,congress finds as follows3  7#a7 
,the ,united ,states is a nation of     

immigrants4  7#b7 ,the ,immigration and 
,nationality ,act allows for immigrants 
to apply for asylum regardless of manner
 of entry4  7#c7 ,all individuals       
seeking asylum in the ,united ,states   
are entitled to due process and access  
to an attorney4 ,sending asylum seekers 
to another country limits or may        
completely eliminate their opportunity  
to meet with counsel1 thereby lowering  
their chances of obtaining relief4  7#d7
 ,the ,department of ,homeland ,security
 announced the ,migrant ,protection     
,protocols on ,december #bj1 #bjah1 and 
it has already had devastating          
consequences given that some migrants   
have been returned to ,mexico even      
though they fear staying in the country4
  7#e7 ,the #bjah ,department of ,state 
country report for ,mexico acknowledges 
serious and targeted risks faced by     
migrants and asylum seekers in1 and     
transiting through1 ,mexico1 such that  
it remains an unsafe place for many4    
7#f7 ,current immigration law is broken 

and ,congress must work to pass humane  
comprehensive immigration reform4  #c4  
,prohibition on funding migrant         
protection protocols ,none of the funds 
made available by any ,act may be used  
to implement or enforce the ,migrant    
,protection ,protocols announced by the 
,secretary of ,homeland ,security on    
,december #bj1 #bjah1 or any subsequent 
revisions to those protocols4