# H.R. 275 (119th): Special Interest Alien Reporting Act of 2024 [ sic ]

Special Interest Alien Reporting Act of 2024 [ sic ] This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to report every month on non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) who attempt to unlawfully enter the United States and who potentially pose a national security risk. DHS must report on (1) the number of individuals, (2) the nationalities or countries of last residence of these individuals, and (3) the location of the encounters.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: border_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: immigration. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: national_security. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: reporting. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 184: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The measure is an ordinary immigration-enforcement reporting requirement. It does not directly restrain a named evil or directly advance one. Its goods are public information and border security, and its concerns are the possibility of nationality-based targeting and the burden on a sojourner population. The summary alone does not establish either harm, so the bill is best read as mixed or prudential.
Theological note: Scripture grants government a duty to restrain wrongdoing and protect the public (Romans 13:4), and it also requires justice and care for the sojourner (Leviticus 19:33-34). This bill is a monthly reporting mandate on border encounters and suspected security risks, so its relevance is prudential public administration under general equity. Reporting itself does not directly advance moral harm. Any concern would arise only if nationality data were used to treat people unjustly rather than to inform lawful enforcement.

## Recorded votes

Roll 184: On Passage. Yea 231 · Nay 182 · Other 18.

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