End DED Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4200 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4200 To provide that no Federal funds may be used for the Deferred Enforced Departure Program, or any successor program, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2025 Mr. Roy (for himself, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Crane, Mr. Cloud, and Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide that no Federal funds may be used for the Deferred Enforced Departure Program, or any successor program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``End DED Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds the following: (1) In 1990, the George H.W. Bush administration first used Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) to avoid removing aliens present in the United States whose home countries could not accept their safe return. DED has no statutory basis in the Immigration and Nationality Act and was never approved by Congress. (2) The ``constitutional powers to conduct foreign relations'' of the President are cited as a basis for DED. However, when the executive branch defers the removal of aliens, it is an immigration benefit, not a foreign policy function. Congress has plenary power over immigration, giving it almost complete authority to decide whether certain aliens may enter or remain in the United States. (3) In 1990, Congress established Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as a part of the Immigration Act of 1990 to provide temporary protection from removal for foreign nationals whose home countries face ongoing armed conflict, environmental disaster, or othe