Restricts asylum eligibility for people who passed through other countries before reaching the United States, tightens credible fear screening, limits immigration parole, and changes rules for detaining families and unaccompanied children.

• Bars asylum for most people who transited through another country without first seeking protection there, with exceptions for trafficking victims and transit only through non-signatory countries
• Raises civil penalties for visa overstays and unlawful presence to $500 to $1,000 per violation, with added criminal penalties for repeat violations
• Limits immigration parole to case-by-case humanitarian or significant public benefit grounds and sets a one-year maximum period for most grants
• Allows the Department of Homeland Security to detain families together at family residential centers and preempts state licensing requirements for children's immigration detention facilities

• Foreign Affairs Committee (House)
• Judiciary Committee (House)

Immigration