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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 486 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 486
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to immediately initiate
removal proceedings for aliens whose visas are revoked on security or
related grounds.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 6 (legislative day, February 5), 2025
Mr. Lee (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Hawley, Mr. Cassidy, and Mr. Budd)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary
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A BILL
To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to immediately initiate
removal proceedings for aliens whose visas are revoked on security or
related grounds.
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 the ``Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act''.
SEC. 2. MANDATORY INITIATION OF REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS FOR ALIENS WHOSE
VISAS ARE REVOKED ON SECURITY OR RELATED GROUNDS.
Section 221(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1201(i)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``After the issuance'' and inserting the
following: ``Visa Revocation.--
``(1) In general.--After'';
(2) by striking ``his discretion'' and inserting ``in the
discretion of the Secretary'';
(3) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting
``Secretary of Homeland Security'';
(4) by striking ``issuance: Provided, That carriers'' and
inserting the following: ``issuance.
``(2) Exception.--Carriers''; and
(5) by striking ``There shall be no means'' and inserting
the following:
``(3) Mandatory removal proceedings.--If the visa of an
alien is revoked pursuant to paragraph (1) as a result of a
ground for removal described in section 237(a)(4), the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall immediately initiate
removal proceedings for such alien in accordance with section
236A.
``(4) Judicial review.--There shall be no means''.
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