By Jennie Taer
Published July 11, 2024, 3:20 p.m. ET
A new bill introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) honoring the life of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray — who was allegedly murdered by two illegal migrants — aims to make it harder for asylum seekers to be released into the country after they are processed at the southern border.
The legislation, introduced Thursday and nicknamed the “Justice for Jocelyn Act,” would require Homeland Security officials to exhaust “all reasonable efforts to hold aliens in detention” by determining if “all detention beds available to the Secretary have been filled” before migrants who crossed into the US illegally are released.
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