Senator Jim Banks Introduces the End Unaccountable Amnesty ActThursday, January 23, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C.– Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced theEnd Unaccountable AmnestyAct. The bill restores congressional oversight of immigration policies, establishes stricter requirements and limitations on TPS, immigration parole, and the handling of unaccompanied minors. Rep. Troy Nehls (Texas-22) is introducing in the House.
SEN. JIM BANKS (R-Ind.):“The Biden administration exploited current law to grant legal status to millions of non-citizens, overwhelming communities in Indiana and across the country. Our schools, healthcare systems, and public services are struggling with this massive influx. This bill will end mass parole, eliminate incentives for illegal immigration, and help President Trump restore order after the chaos caused by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.”
REP. TROY NEHLS (R-Texas):“The Biden-Harris Administration’s policies incentivized the worst border crisis in American history. Worse, President Biden and his cronies imported people from all over the world through the CHNV and other mass parole programs, flooding our communities with insufficiently vetted individuals. I’m proud to introduce legislation alongside Senator Banks to prevent future administrations from abusing TPS designations and parole authority.”
Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are original co-sponsors.
Key provisions include:
Full bill text availablehere.
Grant Newman, Director of Government Relations, Immigration Accountability Project:“Parole and TPS abuse were combined by the Biden Administration to lock in its unlawful amnesties. Further, the whole premise of cancellation is removal is ridiculous. It’s time that Congress steps in to stop administrative abuse. We’re thankful to Senator Banks and Congressman Nehls for introducing the End Unaccountable Amnesty act.”
Michael Hough, Director of Federal Relations, NumbersUSA: “Senator Banks’ legislation is an urgently needed fix to the complete abuse of the immigration asylum and parole policies by the former Biden/Harris Administration. Congress must act to pass legislation so that a future President cannot abuse their power and overrun our nation’s borders again.”
Background:
In 2024, as a response to Biden’s open-border policies flooding American communities with non-citizens, then-Rep. Jim Banks introduced theEnd Executive Branch AmnestyAct.