# Plain Language Summary: End Executive Branch Amnesty Act of 2024

This bill makes major changes to how the U.S. handles temporary protected status and immigration for certain groups of people. The core idea is to shift power away from the executive branch (the President and their agencies) and require Congress to approve immigration decisions through new laws instead.

**What changes with Temporary Protected Status?** Currently, the President can temporarily allow people from countries experiencing disasters, wars, or other crises to stay in the U.S. This bill eliminates that power. Going forward, only Congress can decide which countries get temporary protected status, and they'd have to pass a new law each time. Any approval would automatically expire after 12 months unless Congress passes another law to extend it. This means people currently protected under this status could lose their legal standing if Congress doesn't act to renew their protection.

**What happens to unaccompanied migrant children?** The bill makes it much harder for children who arrive at the border alone to stay in the country. Currently, children from non-neighboring countries get special protections and hearings. This bill removes that distinction, meaning all unaccompanied children would face faster deportation proceedings. Children would have to appear before an immigration judge within 14 days. The bill also requires the government to share information about adults who take in these children with immigration authorities, and if those adults are undocumented, deportation proceedings must start within 30 days. Additionally, the bill restricts a program that allows young immigrants who were abandoned or abused to get legal status—now they'd only qualify if they can't reunify with at least one parent.

**What about cancellation of removal?** The bill completely eliminates a legal protection that allows certain undocumented immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for at least 10 years, have family ties here, and haven't committed serious crimes to stay and become legal residents. Removing this option means people in these situations would face deportation with no legal alternative to stay.