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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | DSESSION S. 3933 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens |
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| 6 | 6 | | who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other |
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| 7 | 7 | | purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH12, 2024 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mrs. B |
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| 11 | 11 | | RITT(for herself, Mr. BARRASSO, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. BOOZMAN, |
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| 12 | 12 | | Mr. B |
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| 13 | 13 | | RAUN, Mr. BUDD, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. COTTON, Mr. |
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| 15 | 15 | | RAMER, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. DAINES, Mrs. FISCHER, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. |
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| 17 | 17 | | RASSLEY, Mr. HAGERTY, Mr. HAWLEY, Mr. HOEVEN, Mr. KENNEDY, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Mr. L |
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| 19 | 19 | | EE, Ms. LUMMIS, Mr. MCCONNELL, Mr. RICKETTS, Mr. RISCH, Mr. |
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| 20 | 20 | | S |
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| 21 | 21 | | CHMITT, Mr. SCOTTof Florida, Mr. SCOTTof South Carolina, Mr. |
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| 23 | 23 | | HUNE, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. TUBERVILLE, Mr. WICKER, Mr. ROUNDS, Mr. |
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| 25 | 25 | | ANKFORD, and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; which was |
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| 26 | 26 | | read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 27 | 27 | | A BILL |
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| 28 | 28 | | To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into |
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| 29 | 29 | | custody aliens who have been charged in the United |
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| 30 | 30 | | States with theft, and for other purposes. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Laken Riley Act’’. 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | SEC. 2. FINDINGS; SENSE OF CONGRESS. 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) F |
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| 37 | 37 | | INDINGS.—Congress finds that the Nation— 6 |
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| 40 | 40 | | •S 3933 IS |
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| 41 | 41 | | (1) mourns the devastating loss of Laken Riley 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and other victims of the Biden administration’s open 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | borders policies; 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) honors the life and memory of Laken Riley 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and other victims of the Biden administration’s open 5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | borders policies; and 6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) denounces the open-borders policies of 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | President Joe Biden, ‘‘Border Czar’’ Vice President 8 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Kamala Harris, Secretary of Homeland Security 9 |
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| 50 | 50 | | Alejandro Mayorkas, and other Biden administration 10 |
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| 51 | 51 | | officials. 11 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (b) S |
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| 53 | 53 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-12 |
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| 54 | 54 | | gress that— 13 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (1) the Biden administration should not have 14 |
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| 56 | 56 | | released Laken Riley’s alleged murderer into the 15 |
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| 57 | 57 | | United States; 16 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) the Biden administration should have ar-17 |
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| 59 | 59 | | rested and detained Laken Riley’s alleged murderer 18 |
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| 60 | 60 | | after he was charged with crimes in New York, New 19 |
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| 61 | 61 | | York, and Athens, Georgia; 20 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (3) President Biden should publicly denounce 21 |
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| 63 | 63 | | his administration’s immigration policies that re-22 |
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| 64 | 64 | | sulted in the murder of Laken Riley; and 23 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) President Biden should prevent another 24 |
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| 66 | 66 | | murder like that of Laken Riley by ending the catch- 25 |
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| 69 | 69 | | •S 3933 IS |
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| 70 | 70 | | and-release of illegal aliens, increasing immigration 1 |
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| 71 | 71 | | enforcement, detaining and removing criminal aliens, 2 |
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| 72 | 72 | | reinstating the Remain in Mexico policy, ending his 3 |
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| 73 | 73 | | abuse of parole authority, and securing the United 4 |
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| 74 | 74 | | States borders. 5 |
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| 75 | 75 | | SEC. 3. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT 6 |
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| 76 | 76 | | THEFT. 7 |
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| 77 | 77 | | Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 8 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 9 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 10 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’; 11 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 12 |
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| 82 | 82 | | comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 13 |
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| 83 | 83 | | (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 14 |
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| 84 | 84 | | the following: 15 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(E)(i) is inadmissible under paragraph 16 |
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| 86 | 86 | | (6)(A), (6)(C), or (7) of section 212(a), and 17 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is 18 |
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| 88 | 88 | | convicted of, admits having committed, or ad-19 |
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| 89 | 89 | | mits committing acts which constitute the es-20 |
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| 90 | 90 | | sential elements of any burglary, theft, larceny, 21 |
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| 91 | 91 | | or shoplifting offense,’’; 22 |
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| 92 | 92 | | (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as para-23 |
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| 93 | 93 | | graph (4); and 24 |
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| 96 | 96 | | •S 3933 IS |
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| 97 | 97 | | (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-1 |
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| 98 | 98 | | lowing: 2 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 100 | 100 | | EFINITION.—For purposes of paragraph 3 |
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| 101 | 101 | | (1)(E), the terms ‘burglary’, ‘theft’, ‘larceny’, and 4 |
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| 102 | 102 | | ‘shoplifting’ have the meaning given such terms in 5 |
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| 103 | 103 | | the jurisdiction where the acts occurred. 6 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 105 | 105 | | ETAINER.—The Secretary of Homeland 7 |
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| 106 | 106 | | Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described 8 |
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| 107 | 107 | | in paragraph (1)(E) and, if the alien is not other-9 |
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| 108 | 108 | | wise detained by Federal, State, or local officials, 10 |
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| 109 | 109 | | shall effectively and expeditiously take custody of the 11 |
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| 110 | 110 | | alien.’’. 12 |
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| 111 | 111 | | SEC. 4. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OF A 13 |
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| 112 | 112 | | STATE. 14 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (a) I |
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| 114 | 114 | | NSPECTION OFAPPLICANTS FORADMISSION.— 15 |
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| 115 | 115 | | Section 235(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 16 |
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| 116 | 116 | | U.S.C. 1225(b)) is amended— 17 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-18 |
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| 118 | 118 | | graph (4); and 19 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-20 |
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| 120 | 120 | | lowing: 21 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(3) E |
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| 122 | 122 | | NFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL 22 |
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| 123 | 123 | | OF A STATE.—The attorney general of a State, or 23 |
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| 124 | 124 | | other authorized State officer, alleging a violation of 24 |
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| 125 | 125 | | the detention and removal requirements under para-25 |
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| 128 | 128 | | •S 3933 IS |
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| 129 | 129 | | graph (1) or (2) that harms such State or its resi-1 |
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| 130 | 130 | | dents shall have standing to bring an action against 2 |
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| 131 | 131 | | the Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf of 3 |
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| 132 | 132 | | such State or the residents of such State in an ap-4 |
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| 133 | 133 | | propriate district court of the United States to ob-5 |
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| 134 | 134 | | tain appropriate injunctive relief. The court shall ad-6 |
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| 135 | 135 | | vance on the docket and expedite the disposition of 7 |
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| 136 | 136 | | a civil action filed under this paragraph to the great-8 |
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| 137 | 137 | | est extent practicable. For purposes of this para-9 |
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| 138 | 138 | | graph, a State or its residents shall be considered to 10 |
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| 139 | 139 | | have been harmed if the State or its residents expe-11 |
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| 140 | 140 | | rience harm, including financial harm in excess of 12 |
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| 141 | 141 | | $100.’’. 13 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (b) A |
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| 143 | 143 | | PPREHENSION AND DETENTION OFALIENS.— 14 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 15 |
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| 145 | 145 | | U.S.C. 1226), as amended by this Act, is further amend-16 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ed— 17 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (1) in subsection (e)— 18 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (A) by striking ‘‘or release’’; and 19 |
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| 149 | 149 | | (B) by striking ‘‘grant, revocation, or de-20 |
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| 150 | 150 | | nial’’ and insert ‘‘revocation or denial’’; and 21 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 22 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ‘‘(f) E |
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| 153 | 153 | | NFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEYGENERAL OF A 23 |
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| 154 | 154 | | S |
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| 155 | 155 | | TATE.—The attorney general of a State, or other author-24 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ized State officer, alleging an action or decision by the 25 |
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| 159 | 159 | | •S 3933 IS |
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| 160 | 160 | | Attorney General or Secretary of Homeland Security 1 |
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| 161 | 161 | | under this section to release any alien or grant bond or 2 |
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| 162 | 162 | | parole to any alien that harms such State or its residents 3 |
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| 163 | 163 | | shall have standing to bring an action against the Attor-4 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ney General or Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf 5 |
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| 165 | 165 | | of such State or the residents of such State in an appro-6 |
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| 166 | 166 | | priate district court of the United States to obtain appro-7 |
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| 167 | 167 | | priate injunctive relief. The court shall advance on the 8 |
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| 168 | 168 | | docket and expedite the disposition of a civil action filed 9 |
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| 169 | 169 | | under this subsection to the greatest extent practicable. 10 |
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| 170 | 170 | | For purposes of this subsection, a State or its residents 11 |
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| 171 | 171 | | shall be considered to have been harmed if the State or 12 |
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| 172 | 172 | | its residents experience harm, including financial harm in 13 |
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| 173 | 173 | | excess of $100.’’. 14 |
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| 174 | 174 | | (c) P |
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| 175 | 175 | | ENALTIES.—Section 243 of the Immigration 15 |
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| 176 | 176 | | and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253) is amended by add-16 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ing at the end the following: 17 |
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| 178 | 178 | | ‘‘(e) E |
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| 179 | 179 | | NFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEYGENERAL OF A 18 |
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| 180 | 180 | | S |
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| 181 | 181 | | TATE.—The attorney general of a State, or other author-19 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ized State officer, alleging a violation of the requirement 20 |
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| 183 | 183 | | to discontinue granting visas to citizens, subjects, nation-21 |
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| 184 | 184 | | als, and residents as described in subsection (d) that 22 |
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| 185 | 185 | | harms such State or its residents shall have standing to 23 |
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| 186 | 186 | | bring an action against the Secretary of State on behalf 24 |
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| 187 | 187 | | of such State or the residents of such State in an appro-25 |
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| 191 | 191 | | priate district court of the United States to obtain appro-1 |
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| 192 | 192 | | priate injunctive relief. The court shall advance on the 2 |
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| 193 | 193 | | docket and expedite the disposition of a civil action filed 3 |
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| 194 | 194 | | under this subsection to the greatest extent practicable. 4 |
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| 195 | 195 | | For purposes of this subsection, a State or its residents 5 |
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| 196 | 196 | | shall be considered to have been harmed if the State or 6 |
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| 197 | 197 | | its residents experience harm, including financial harm in 7 |
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| 198 | 198 | | excess of $100.’’. 8 |
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| 199 | 199 | | (d) C |
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| 200 | 200 | | ERTAINCLASSES OF ALIENS.—Section 9 |
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| 201 | 201 | | 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 10 |
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| 202 | 202 | | U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended— 11 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 12 |
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| 204 | 204 | | it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-13 |
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| 205 | 205 | | curity’’; and 14 |
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| 206 | 206 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 15 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(C) The attorney general of a State, or other au-16 |
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| 208 | 208 | | thorized State officer, alleging a violation of the limitation 17 |
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| 209 | 209 | | under subparagraph (A) that parole solely be granted on 18 |
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| 210 | 210 | | a case-by-case basis and solely for urgent humanitarian 19 |
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| 211 | 211 | | reasons or a significant public benefit, that harms such 20 |
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| 212 | 212 | | State or its residents shall have standing to bring an ac-21 |
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| 213 | 213 | | tion against the Secretary of Homeland Security on behalf 22 |
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| 214 | 214 | | of such State or the residents of such State in an appro-23 |
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| 215 | 215 | | priate district court of the United States to obtain appro-24 |
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| 216 | 216 | | priate injunctive relief. The court shall advance on the 25 |
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| 220 | 220 | | docket and expedite the disposition of a civil action filed 1 |
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| 221 | 221 | | under this subparagraph to the greatest extent prac-2 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ticable. For purposes of this subparagraph, a State or its 3 |
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| 223 | 223 | | residents shall be considered to have been harmed if the 4 |
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| 224 | 224 | | State or its residents experience harm, including financial 5 |
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| 225 | 225 | | harm in excess of $100.’’. 6 |
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| 226 | 226 | | (e) D |
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| 227 | 227 | | ETENTION.—Section 241(a)(2) of the Immigra-7 |
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| 228 | 228 | | tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(2)) is amend-8 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ed— 9 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (1) by striking ‘‘During the removal period,’’ 10 |
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| 231 | 231 | | and inserting the following: 11 |
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| 232 | 232 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 233 | 233 | | N GENERAL.—During the removal 12 |
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| 234 | 234 | | period,’’; and 13 |
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| 235 | 235 | | (2) by adding at the end the following: 14 |
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| 236 | 236 | | ‘‘(B) E |
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| 237 | 237 | | NFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GEN -15 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ERAL OF A STATE.—The attorney general of a 16 |
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| 239 | 239 | | State, or other authorized State officer, alleging 17 |
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| 240 | 240 | | a violation of the detention requirement under 18 |
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| 241 | 241 | | subparagraph (A) that harms such State or its 19 |
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| 242 | 242 | | residents shall have standing to bring an action 20 |
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| 243 | 243 | | against the Secretary of Homeland Security on 21 |
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| 244 | 244 | | behalf of such State or the residents of such 22 |
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| 245 | 245 | | State in an appropriate district court of the 23 |
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| 246 | 246 | | United States to obtain appropriate injunctive 24 |
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| 247 | 247 | | relief. The court shall advance on the docket 25 |
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| 251 | 251 | | and expedite the disposition of a civil action 1 |
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| 252 | 252 | | filed under this subparagraph to the greatest 2 |
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| 253 | 253 | | extent practicable. For purposes of this sub-3 |
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| 254 | 254 | | paragraph, a State or its residents shall be con-4 |
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| 255 | 255 | | sidered to have been harmed if the State or its 5 |
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| 256 | 256 | | residents experience harm, including financial 6 |
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| 257 | 257 | | harm in excess of $100.’’. 7 |
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| 258 | 258 | | (f) L |
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| 259 | 259 | | IMIT ONINJUNCTIVERELIEF.—Section 242(f) 8 |
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| 260 | 260 | | of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 261 | 261 | | 1252(f)) is amended by adding at the end following: 10 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(3) C |
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| 263 | 263 | | ERTAIN ACTIONS.—Paragraph (1) shall 11 |
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| 264 | 264 | | not apply to an action brought pursuant to section 12 |
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| 265 | 265 | | 235(b)(3), subsections (e) or (f) of section 236, or 13 |
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| 266 | 266 | | section 241(a)(2)(B).’’. 14 |
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