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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 87 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain any alien who |
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| 6 | 6 | | is unlawfully present in the United States and is arrested for certain |
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| 7 | 7 | | criminal offenses. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | IGGSintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 12 | 12 | | on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain |
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| 15 | 15 | | any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States |
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| 16 | 16 | | and is arrested for certain criminal offenses. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as ‘‘Grant’s Law’’. 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION FOR CERTAIN ALIENS AR-5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | RESTED FOR THE COMMISSION OF CERTAIN 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | OFFENSES. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) is amended— 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | at the end; 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | at the end; and 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 6 |
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| 35 | 35 | | the following: 7 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(E) is— 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ‘‘(i) determined by the Secretary of 9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Homeland Security to be unlawfully 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | present in the United States; and 11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(ii) arrested for any offense de-12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) 13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | the conviction of which would render the 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | alien inadmissible under section 212(a) or 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | deportable under section 237(a),’’; and 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (2) in paragraph (2)— 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (A) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | and inserting the following: 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 49 | 49 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Homeland 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Security’’; 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (B) by striking ‘‘the Attorney General’’ 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | each place such term appears and inserting 24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 60 | 60 | | RRESTED BUT NOT CONVICTED 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ALIENS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 3 |
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| 62 | 62 | | may release any alien held pursuant to para-4 |
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| 63 | 63 | | graph (1)(E) to the appropriate authority for 5 |
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| 64 | 64 | | any proceedings subsequent to the arrest. The 6 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Secretary shall resume custody of the alien dur-7 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ing any period pending the final disposition of 8 |
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| 67 | 67 | | any such proceedings that the alien is not in 9 |
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| 68 | 68 | | the custody of such appropriate authority. If 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | the alien is not convicted of the offense for 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | which the alien was arrested, the Secretary 12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | shall continue to detain the alien until removal 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | proceedings are completed.’’. 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | SEC. 3. EXPEDITED INITIATION OF REMOVAL PRO-15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | CEEDINGS. 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Section 239(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(d)) is amended by adding at the end 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | the following: 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(3) In the case of any alien held pursuant to 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | section 236(c)(1)(E), the Secretary of Homeland Se-21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | curity shall complete removal proceedings by not 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | later than 90 days after such alien is detained.’’. 23 |
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