119-hr2708

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2708 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2708

 To amend 

section 236
            (c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with 
 respect to the detention of aliens who commit certain property crimes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 April 8, 2025

 Mr. Downing (for himself, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Dunn of 
 Florida, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Hunt, Mrs. 
 Luna, Mr. McCormick, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Ogles, 
 Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend 

section 236
            (c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with 
 respect to the detention of aliens who commit certain property crimes.

 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 ``Safeguarding American Property Act 
of 2025''.

SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL ALIENS WHO COMMIT CERTAIN 
 PROPERTY CRIMES.

 

Section 236
            (c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1226
            (c) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1)
        (E)
            (ii) , by inserting ``trespassing, 
 vandalism, arson,'' before ``burglary''; and

    (2) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``and `serious bodily 
 injury''' and inserting ```serious bodily injury', 
 `trespassing', `vandalism', and `arson'''.
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