Lawmaker says committee advanced 'Permanent Trump Border Security Act' and rejected body-cam, legal-aid amendments

An unnamed lawmaker who spoke in a meeting recap said the House Judiciary Committee advanced a measure proponents call the "Permanent Trump Border Security Act" and rejected several amendments the speaker described as safeguards. "They're executing innocent people on our streets," the lawmaker said, and added that committee proponents were "racially profiling people." The speaker characterized the bill as "the most extreme immigration bill" seen in the committee and warned it "would absolutely destroy asylum."

The lawmaker said the committee rejected an amendment they had advanced to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to wear body cameras and also rejected an amendment to strip language from the bill that the speaker said would remove lawyers from unaccompanied minors. "Up until now, there's been the ability for the kids to be represented, and now they wanna cut off all government funding to support kids to have a lawyer," the lawmaker said. The speaker tied those votes to broader safety concerns, referencing the killings of Alex Preddy and Renee Goode while urging colleagues to change the bill's title rather than name legislation after a sitting president: "they shouldn't be naming legislation after an existing president, much less sending the message to him that his reign is permanent." The transcript does not record the names of bill sponsors, vote tallies, or any official responses in this recap.