HR 1088119th CongressIn Committee

Restoring American Sovereignty Act

Introduced: Feb 6, 2025

Standard Summary

Comprehensive overview in 1-2 paragraphs

The Restoring American Sovereignty Act would let the President use funds that were paused by Executive Order 14169 (dated January 20, 2025) to deport illegal immigrants from the United States. In other words, it overrides other laws to permit the reallocation of those paused funds specifically for deportation activities. The bill is narrowly focused on funding flexibility for immigration enforcement and aims to speed or intensify deportation efforts by tapping these paused resources.

Key Points

1Short title: Restoring American Sovereignty Act.
2Core authority: Allows the President to use funds paused under Executive Order 14169 for deportations of illegal aliens.
3Override provision: States “Notwithstanding any other provision of law,” meaning it supersedes other legal constraints on those funds.
4Source of funds: Funds paused by Executive Order 14169 on January 20, 2025 (as listed in the Federal Register citation 90 Fed. Reg. 8619).
5Purpose and scope: Specifically to deport illegal aliens from the United States using those paused funds.

Impact Areas

Primary group/area affected: Federal immigration enforcement operations and funding, impacting illegal entrants and the agencies that carry out deportations (e.g., DHS/ICE) along with taxpayers funding these activities.Secondary group/area affected: Administration and management of federal budgets as it relates to how paused funds are allocated and used; potential impacts on other immigration and humanitarian programs that might compete for funding.Additional impacts: Legal and constitutional implications related to appropriations and executive spending, potential changes in policy signaling a shift toward accelerated deportations, and possible international and domestic political ramifications tied to immigration enforcement.

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