List of Republicans that want to "pause" all immigration

Kevin R. Johnson

15 Dec 2025 — 1 min read

Newsweek reports that a group of Republican lawmakers have co-sponsored a bill "that seeks to pause all immigration until certain conditions related to benefits for immigrants and different immigration pathways have been addressed."

H.R. 6225, the PAUSE Act of 2025, currently has nine signatories, including:

Chip Roy of Texas
Andy Biggs of Arizona
Keith Self of Texas
Andrew Ogles of Tennessee
Lauren Boebert of Colorado
Brandon Gill of Texas
Randy Fine of Florida
Elijah Crane of Arizona
Byron Donalds of Florida

Read AILA's Response to the DHS Open Letter to Immigration Attorneys

Last month, James Percival, DHS's General Counsel, wrote an open letter to AILA purporting to blame immigration attorneys for the asylum backlog and characterizing asylum applications as "meritless." AILA's Executive Director Benjamin Johnson's thoughtful response is available here. In it, he writes:

More Deportation Judges

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice announced another class of judges: 22 permanent and 4 temporary. The names and biographies of the new judges are available here.

There’s been an uptick in ICE arrests in the Bay Area, immigration attorneys warn

As election day nears, ICE operations appear to be on the rise. Several attorneys report that several ICE arrests across the Bay Area "reflect increasingly aggressive immigration enforcement." "Bay Area `rapid response' hotlines monitoring immigration arrests have seen an uptick in reports since this weekend, said

Seattle U Students Support Immigration Detainees Through Legal Aid and Advocacy

Read here about the good work of Seattle University law school students for immigrants

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Read AILA's Response to the DHS Open Letter to Immigration Attorneys

More Deportation Judges

There’s been an uptick in ICE arrests in the Bay Area, immigration attorneys warn

Seattle U Students Support Immigration Detainees Through Legal Aid and Advocacy