# Plain Language Summary: End Unaccountable Amnesty Act

This bill makes significant changes to how the U.S. handles immigration protections and undocumented immigrants. The core idea is to shift decision-making power from government agencies to Congress and to make it harder for certain groups of immigrants to stay in the country.

**Temporary Protected Status (TPS) Changes**

Currently, the Secretary of Homeland Security can grant temporary protected status to people from countries experiencing war, natural disasters, or other emergencies—allowing them to stay and work in the U.S. temporarily. This bill removes that power and requires Congress to pass a new law every time a country needs to be designated for TPS. Each designation would last only 12 months and would need Congressional approval to extend. This makes it much harder to maintain protections because it requires new legislation rather than administrative action. Additionally, the bill adds a new rule that people without any legal immigration status cannot receive TPS, which eliminates protection for many undocumented immigrants who might otherwise qualify.

**Unaccompanied Children**

The bill significantly restricts protections for unaccompanied migrant children. Currently, children from non-neighboring countries get more due process protections than those from Mexico and Canada. 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 that information about any adult who takes in a migrant child be shared with immigration authorities, and if that adult is undocumented, they must be placed in removal proceedings within 30 days. Additionally, it makes it much harder for children to qualify for special immigrant status—a pathway that currently helps children who've been abused, neglected, or abandoned by their parents.

**Cancellation of Removal**

The bill eliminates "cancellation of removal," a legal protection that allows certain long-term undocumented immigrants (who've lived here for at least 10 years, have family ties, and haven't committed serious crimes) to stay in the country. Removing this option means these immigrants would face deportation even if they've built lives and families here over a decade or more.

End Unaccountable Amnesty Act

Nehls, Troy E.

End Unaccountable Amnesty ActThis bill revises, restricts, and repeals various laws and programs addressing the admissibility and deportability of certain non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law). The bill includes changes to the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program, the treatment of unaccompanied children, and removal proceedings.Under current law, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may grant a foreign state Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which protects qualified nationals of that foreign state from removal from the United States. The bill instead requires an act of Congress to grant TPS to a foreign state. The bill limits TPS status to 12 months, subject to extension.The bill also generally requires the return of unaccompanied inadmissible children to their country of nationality or last habitual residence, among other changes. Under current law,&nbsp;DHS is authorized (not required) to return these children, and only if their country of nationality or last habitual residence is contiguous to the United States.The bill also repeals the law allowing for the cancellation of removal or adjustment of the immigration status of qualifying&nbsp;non-U.S. nationals.&nbsp;Under the bill, certain forms of identification, including a Notice to Appear issued by&nbsp;DHS, are no longer valid documents for purposes of airport security checkpoints.The bill also limits the ability of&nbsp;DHS to grant parole (temporary admission granted on a case-by-case basis). For example, the bill limits the granting of parole to a list of specific situations, such as the imminent death of a close family member.