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119THCONGRESS
1
STSESSION H. R. 578
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody
certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime
that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY21, 2025
Mr. F
EENSTRA(for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. ESTES, Mr.
B
OST, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr.
B
ACON, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr.
G
ARBARINO, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Ms. MACE, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. MEUSER,
Mrs. M
ILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. HIGGINSof Louisiana, Mrs.
H
INSON, Mr. BABIN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr.
W
EBERof Texas, Mr. HAMADEHof Arizona, Mr. EVANSof Colorado, Mr.
T
IMMONS, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. WIED,
Mr. O
GLES, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. NUNNof Iowa, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr.
R
ULLI, Mr. DOWNING, Mr. THOMPSONof Pennsylvania, Mr. SESSIONS,
Mr. M
CDOWELL, Mr. JOHNSONof South Dakota, Mrs. BIGGSof South
Carolina, and Mr. M
CCORMICK) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to
take into custody certain aliens who have been charged
in the United States with a crime that resulted in the
death or serious bodily injury of another person, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1
This Act may be cited as ‘‘Sarah’s Law’’. 2
SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS 3
CHARGED WITH A CRIME RESULTING IN 4
DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. 5
Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 6
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 7
(1) in paragraph (1)— 8
(A) in subparagraph (C)— 9
(i) by striking ‘‘sentence’’ and insert-10
ing ‘‘sentenced’’; and 11
(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’; 12
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 13
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 14
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 15
the following: 16
‘‘(E)(i)(I) is inadmissible under paragraph 17
(6)(A), (6)(C), or (7) of section 212(a), 18
‘‘(II) is deportable under section 19
237(a)(1)(B) as an alien whose nonimmigrant 20
visa (or other documentation authorizing admis-21
sion into the United States as a nonimmigrant) 22
has been revoked under section 221(i), or 23
‘‘(III) is deportable under section 24
237(a)(1)(C)(i), and 25
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‘‘(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is 1
convicted of, admits having committed, or ad-2
mits committing acts which constitute the es-3
sential elements of any offense that resulted in 4
the death or serious bodily injury (as defined in 5
section 1365(h)(3) of title 18, United States 6
Code) of another person,’’; and 7
(2) by adding at the end the following: 8
‘‘(3) N
OTIFICATION REQUIREMENT .—Upon en-9
countering or gaining knowledge of an alien de-10
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland 11
Security shall— 12
‘‘(A) obtain information from law enforce-13
ment agencies and from other available sources 14
regarding the identity of any victims of the 15
crimes for which such alien was charged, ar-16
rested, or convicted; and 17
‘‘(B) provide the victim or, if the victim is 18
deceased, a parent, guardian, spouse, or closest 19
living relative of such victim, with information, 20
on a timely and ongoing basis, including— 21
‘‘(i) the alien’s full name, aliases, date 22
of birth, and country of nationality; 23
‘‘(ii) the alien’s immigration status 24
and criminal history; 25
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‘‘(iii) the alien’s custody status and 1
any changes related to the alien’s custody; 2
and 3
‘‘(iv) a description of any efforts by 4
the United States Government to remove 5
the alien from the United States. 6
‘‘(4) D
ETAINER.—The Secretary of Homeland 7
Security shall issue a detainer for an alien described 8
in paragraph (1)(E) and, if the alien is not other-9
wise detained by Federal, State, or local officials, 10
shall effectively and expeditiously take custody of the 11
alien.’’. 12
SEC. 3. SAVINGS PROVISION. 13
Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 14
Act, may be construed to limit the rights of crime victims 15
under any other provision of law, including section 3771 16
of title 18, United States Code. 17
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