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The bill aims to speed removals and fund enforcement through large, forfeitable bonds and clear deadlines, trading increased enforcement capacity and a dedicated funding stream for heavy upfront costs on travelers, greater detention/removal incentives, and significant restrictions on due process for some immigrants.
Taxpayers and DHS gain a dedicated funding stream because forfeited bonds are earmarked to support removal operations without new appropriations.
Nonimmigrant applicants and DHS face less procedural ambiguity because the bill sets a clear expiration time (midnight PT) for authorized stays.
Nonimmigrant travelers who depart on time may experience fewer enforcement delays because more prompt removals can free detention capacity and enforcement resources.
Most nonimmigrant visitors and their families would face large upfront costs because bonds of $5,000–$50,000 are required, making travel unaffordable for many.
Asylum applicants and other immigrants risk severe, effectively non‑reviewable penalties because the bill creates automatic, nonappealable bond forfeiture and 4–12 year bars that can permanently block legal status.
People seeking protection could be denied due process because belated asylum or withholding claims are barred, potentially preventing legitimate refugees from obtaining safety.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Most nonimmigrant admissions must post a $5,000–$50,000 bond; automatic forfeiture for overstays funds detention/removal and triggers removal plus a 4–12 year bar.
Official title: To require aliens seeking admission to the United States as nonimmigrants to pay a bond or cash payment and to impose penalties on such aliens who fail to timely depart the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 4, 2025 by Robert F. Onder · Last progress March 4, 2025
Requires most nonimmigrant visitors to post a $5,000–$50,000 bond or cash payment when seeking admission to the United States to guarantee they depart before their authorized stay ends. If a nonimmigrant remains past midnight Pacific Time on the day their authorized stay expires, the bond is automatically forfeited (nonappealable), forfeiture funds a new DHS account for detention and removal costs, the alien must be promptly removed, and faces a 4–12 year bar on obtaining lawful status; narrow visa-class exemptions apply and asylum/withholding claims must be filed by the expiration date or are barred for overstays who did not timely apply. The bill limits DHS regulatory authority to collection/retention procedures, anti-circumvention rules, and Attorney General notification, forbids waivers of the bond requirement, and takes effect 30 days after enactment.