Sec. 5. Transfers for processing migrant status and immigration claims
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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 migrants seeking entry or any form of temporary or permanent legal status in the United States shall immediately transfer aliens encountered in any covered Border Patrol sector to a new port of entry established pursuant to section 4, in accordance with the requirements and directives set forth in subsection (b). The transfers described in subsection
(a)shall— take place immediately after an alien described in section 3(b)(1) is encountered in any covered Border Patrol sector; and be carried out with adequate speed to prevent temporary encampments by migrants or aliens within any covered Border Patrol sector. No Federal official may exercise discretion— to delay or defer the transfer of an alien described in section 3(b)(1) from a covered Border Patrol sector for any purpose; or to process an application for entry or any request for temporary or permanent legal status received from such an alien before the completion of the transfer required under subsection (a).