Sec. 3. Statement of policy
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It shall be the policy of the United States for the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and any other Federal agencies or military officials involved in the processing of illegal aliens and foreign migrants seeking entry or any form of legal status in the United States to adhere to the procedures described in subsection
(b)when processing migrants in covered Border Patrol sectors along the southwest border. Any official of the Department of Homeland Security, upon encountering any alien who has illegally entered the United States in a covered Border Patrol sector, shall immediately relocate such alien to any of the new ports of entry established pursuant to section 4 and designated for immigrant processing pursuant to section 5. Any such encounter within the geographic boundaries of a covered Border Patrol sector is subject to the transfer policies, timing, and geographic limitations established under this Act. No official of the Department of Homeland Security may exercise discretion to process aliens encountered in a covered Border Patrol sector under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ) or section 362 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 265 ) at any location other than the new ports of entry established pursuant to section 4 and designated for immigrant processing pursuant to section 5. No official of the Department of Homeland Security may issue a Notice to Appear, issue a Notice to Report, grant parole, defer action, grant asylum, or grant any other legal authorization to remain in the United States to any alien described in paragraph
(1)until such alien has been transferred from the covered Border Patrol sector in which the alien was first encountered to one of the newly created ports of entry. In this Act, the term covered Border Patrol sector means— the Big Bend Sector; the Del Rio Sector; the El Paso Sector; the Laredo Sector; and the Rio Grande Sector. Nothing in this Act may be construed— to prohibit any Federal agency from facilitating and conducting deportations or removals in accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ) or section 362 of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 265 ); or to authorize the release or parole of any alien that is not expressly authorized under the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ).
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