Automatically end Temporary Protected Status for any national if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines their homeland is safe enough to return to, or the group receiving TPS has a crime rate above a certain threshold.

Tom Cotton · Arkansas · Republican

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Automatically end Temporary Protected Status for any national if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines their homeland is safe enough to return to, or the group receiving TPS has a crime rate above a certain threshold.

Cotton promises to end Temporary Protected Status for groups whose home countries are deemed safe or whose group's crime rate exceeds a specified threshold.

Cotton Introduces Bill to Put American Citizens First
primary · other · model gpt-4.1

Evidence

Senator Tom Cotton introduced the American Citizens First Act, which includes a provision to automatically end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for any national if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines their homeland is safe enough to return to, or if the group receiving TPS has a crime rate above a certain threshold.

Senator Cotton introduced legislation proposing automatic termination of TPS under specific conditions.

partial same_term A for effort

Cotton Introduces Bill to Put American Citizens First
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The American Citizens First Act, introduced by Senator Cotton, aims to terminate federal benefits for noncitizens and includes provisions for the automatic termination of Temporary Protected Status under certain conditions.

The bill text outlines the proposed automatic termination of TPS based on homeland safety assessments and crime rate thresholds.

partial same_term A for effort

S. 3318 - American Citizens First Act
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Cotton did make a serious same-term legislative attempt: he introduced S.3318, the American Citizens First Act, on December 3, 2025, and the bill included the promised automatic TPS termination provisions. But the federal outcome was not delivered. Congress.gov shows the bill was only introduced, read twice, and referred to the Senate Finance Committee, with no passage, enactment, or implemented executive policy establishing this automatic TPS termination rule. Because the promise required an actual policy change and Cotton's bill had not advanced beyond introduction, this counts as an attempted but undelivered promise.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 94%