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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 64 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 64
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain any alien who
is unlawfully present in the United States and is arrested for certain
criminal offenses.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Biggs of Arizona (for himself and Mrs. Luna) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain any alien who
is unlawfully present in the United States and is arrested for certain
criminal offenses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as ``Grant's Law''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION FOR CERTAIN ALIENS ARRESTED FOR THE
COMMISSION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.
Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1226(c)(1)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the
end;
(B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ``or'' at the
end; and
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the
following:
``(E) is--
``(i) determined by the Secretary of
Homeland Security to be unlawfully present in
the United States; and
``(ii) arrested for any offense described
in subparagraphs (A) through (D) the conviction
of which would render the alien inadmissible
under section 212(a) or deportable under
section 237(a),''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``The Attorney General'' and
inserting the following:
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Homeland Security'';
(B) by striking ``the Attorney General'' each place
such term appears and inserting ``the Secretary''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(B) Arrested but not convicted aliens.--The
Secretary of Homeland Security may release any alien
held pursuant to paragraph (1)(E) to the appropriate
authority for any proceedings subsequent to the arrest.
The Secretary shall resume custody of the alien during
any period pending the final disposition of any such
proceedings that the alien is not in the custody of
such appropriate authority. If the alien is not
convicted of the offense for which the alien was
arrested, the Secretary shall continue to detain the
alien until removal proceedings are completed.''.
SEC. 3. EXPEDITED INITIATION OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS.
Section 239(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1229(d)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) In the case of any alien held pursuant to section
236(c)(1)(E), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall complete
removal proceedings by not later than 90 days after such alien
is detained.''.
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