In March 2021, U.S. Border Patrol established a new process to reduce agents’ administrative processing times by releasing noncitizen family units without Notices to Appear (NTA). Instead, Border Patrol gave families a Notice to Report (NTR) to their local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office.

Last week, a bipartisan group of Senators and House members unveiled The Bipartisan Border Solutions Act intended to “respond to the surge in migrants coming across our southern border.” The bill comes after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended more than 170,000 people at the U.S.-Mexico border in March, the highest number in at least 15 years.