The No Round Up Act would repeal the Alien Registration Act of 1940 by amending the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Specifically, it would remove the core registration and fingerprinting requirements for aliens, eliminate the related forms and procedures, and strike several provisions that historically governed alien registration, reporting by aliens, and related matters. In short, the bill eliminates the long-standing requirement that non-citizens in the United States register with the government and provide biometric data, along with the associated enforcement and administrative provisions. The practical effect is a significant reduction in federal, state, or local government data collection on non-citizens through registration and fingerprinting, and a removal of some administrative processes tied to that framework. The bill also includes a conforming amendment to the INA to reflect these repeals.
Key Points
- 1Repeal of Section 262 and related provisions: The bill repeals the core alien registration requirements that previously mandated aliens to register with the government.
- 2Removal of reporting and alien crewman provisions: Section 263 is altered to remove references to registration provisions and to eliminate the handling of “alien crewmen” and other specified categories; subsection (b) of 263 is repealed.
- 3Elimination of forms and fingerprinting authority: Section 264’s references to forms for registration and fingerprinting are struck, and subsection (e) is repealed.
- 4Repeal of subsection (b) of Section 265 and Section 266: Additional provisions tied to the registration regime are removed.
- 5Conforming amendment: A related clause in the INA (237(a)(3)(B)) is repealed to align with the removal of registration requirements.