Expedites processing and ends catch-and-release policies. Establishes at least three Humanitarian Campuses (HC) that will receive individuals and families arriving at the southern border for immediate processing. Asylum-seekers will remain at an HC until their case is decided.
Fix the asylum system by ending catch-and-release, expediting asylum decisions, and creating processing campuses near the border.
Occurrences
Evidence
The official DIGNITY Act summary says the proposal would end catch-and-release, create 3+ humanitarian campuses for expedited asylum processing, and resolve most asylum cases within 60 days.
Congress.gov lists H.R. 4393 as introduced and referred to the Judiciary Committee plus several additional committees, with the tracker still showing Introduced.
Assessments
Salazar materially advanced the promised asylum changes by introducing the DIGNITY Act, which would end catch-and-release, speed asylum decisions, and create processing campuses near the border, but the official congressional status still shows the bill only as introduced with no passage or enacted policy. That is a serious attempt, but the promised outcome was not delivered.