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We hope you are staying warm and enjoying this wonderful holiday season! We are excited to announce Congressman Fallon's SAFER Act - a policy solution to the chaos at our southern border. Read more about his legislation below in the Pat's Perspective portion of the newsletter.

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Rep. Fallon's SAFER Act

Millions of illegal aliens have crossed our southern border since Joe Biden took office because of his policies. This includes many who were released without even an immigration court date, and given the backlog in our immigration courts, even those with a date will not appear for years. Against this backdrop, now is the time to restore expedited removal to its original state as Congress intended.

Last week, I introduced legislation to do just that. The American Safety and Fairness through Expedited Removal (SAFER) Act would provide Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) a vital tool to counter Biden's border policy crisis by reinstating expedited removal.

My bill would do the following things:

Rescind the rule that establishes the 100-mile-air-14-day limitation;
Restrict the Department of Homeland Security from implementing any more rules with distance limitations;
Require all illegal aliens - anywhere in the country - who procured admission through fraud or misrepresentation or did not obtain valid entry documents, and have been present fewer than two years, be processed through expedited removal; and
Grant future administrations discretion to expand expedited removal further if circumstances call for it.

As CBP braces for the end of Title 42, Congress must act to counter the disaster at our southern border. The American SAFER Act will no longer allow illegal aliens to receive a "get out of jail free" card from the expedited removal process. It's time to restore order at our southern border.

For Texas and Liberty,

Pat Fallon

Member of Congress

Texas 04

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Congressman Fallon Introduces the American SAFER Act

Congressman Pat Fallon (TX-04) led 17 of his colleagues in the introduction of the American Safety and Fairness Through Expedited Removal (SAFER) Act. This legislation would provide CBP another tool to counter Biden's border policy crisis by restoring expedited removal. Click here to learn more.

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