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Congress·In Committee·H.R. 1915

Stop the Cartels Act

House Bill Would Strip Funding From Sanctuary Cities, Label Sinaloa Cartel as Criminal Org

Stalled

No legislative action in over 90 days.

Legislative Progress

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Key Points

ImmigrationCriminal JusticeHealthcareNational Security Foreign Policy

Impact Analysis

Personal Impact

Life & Work

This bill dramatically raises the bar for asylum seekers, making it much harder to pass the initial "credible fear" screening and barring people with felony convictions, prior deportations, or certain inadmissibility grounds from asylum entirely. It also allows the government to detain families—including children—for the full length of their immigration cases, overriding the Flores settlement agreement that previously limited how long kids could be held. People from Central American countries with new refugee processing centers would be barred from applying for asylum at the U.S. border altogether.

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State Impacts

Scores: 1 = low, 5 = highSentiment: -5 to +5 (net benefit)

Milestones

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Mar 6, 2025House

Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Mar 6, 2025House

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Intelligence (Permanent Select), Foreign Affairs, Homeland Security, Oversight and Government Reform, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Mar 6, 2025

Introduced in House

The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.

Votes

No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.

Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Stop the Cartels Act

Bill NumberHR 1915
Congress119th Congress
ChamberHouse of Representatives
Latest ActionReferred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.

Sponsor

Cosponsors

(6)
R: 6

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