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The bill trades expanded humanitarian and discretionary immigration protections for Palestinians (and related applicants) in favor of clear, categorical bars and enforcement tools that simplify DHS decision‑making and reduce certain caseloads — but at the cost of removing multiple protection pathways, raising safety, fairness, diplomatic, and administrative burdens for vulnerable people and government alike.
People with immigration claims tied to Palestinian‑administered territories: DHS and other immigration authorities gain clear, categorical authority to bar admission, parole, asylum, TPS, or refugee status for those habitually resident in Gaza or Judea & Samaria or who hold Palestinian Authority travel documents, simplifying adjudications and reducing related caseloads and perceived security risks
Taxpayers and federal agencies: The bill prevents implementation or expansion of certain Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) and related work‑authorization actions, preserving federal funds and avoiding new program implementation costs
DHS adjudicators and policymakers: The bill adds explicit statutory disqualifications (including for ties to the Palestinian Authority) that clarify eligibility for TPS and other relief, reducing some adjudicative ambiguity
Palestinian nationals and PA passport holders who habitually resided in Gaza, Judea & Samaria, and many displaced persons and refugees: Lose access to DED, TPS, asylum, parole, and refugee protections, removing multiple humanitarian pathways and leaving vulnerable people without U.S. protections
Affected immigrants (including some lawful permanent residents): Increased legal uncertainty, detention, and removal proceedings — including expedited loss of LPR status after a broad "crime of violence" conviction — risking deportation even where convictions or sentences are short or disputed
DHS, Department of State, immigration courts, and taxpayers: The bill is likely to increase administrative burdens, implementation and unwind costs, and litigation as agencies apply new nationality/place‑based bars and face appeals and lawsuits
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
Removes DED, bars TPS, parole, asylum, and refugee admission for people who habitually resided in Palestinian‑administered Judea and Samaria or Gaza or who hold Palestinian Authority travel documents; invalidates two related executive actions.
Official title: To prohibit certain actions related to aliens who habitually resided in the Palestinian-administered territories, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 4, 2025 by Nancy Mace · Last progress June 4, 2025
Prohibits a set of immigration benefits and protections for people who habitually resided in the Palestinian‑administered territory in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) or Gaza or who hold passports or travel documents issued by the Palestinian Authority. It nullifies two executive actions that provided Deferred Enforced Departure and work authorization to certain Palestinians and amends multiple Immigration and Nationality Act provisions to bar TPS, parole, asylum, refugee admission, and to create new inadmissibility and deportability grounds for the covered population.