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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 3486

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for 
 individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after 
 being removed, and for other purposes.

 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 ``Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY ALIENS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED 
 STATES.

 

Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) 
is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) , by striking ``2 years'' and 
 inserting ``5 years''; and

    (2) by adding at the end the following:
 ``

    (e) Any alien--
 ``

    (1) who--
 ``
        (A) enters or attempts to enter the United States 
 at any time or place other than as designated by 
 immigration officers,
 ``
        (B) eludes examination or inspection by 
 immigration officers, or
 ``
            (C) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the 
 United States by a willfully false or misleading 
 representation or the willful concealment of a material 
 fact, and
 ``

    (2) thereafter is convicted of any crime punishable by 
 more than 1 year of imprisonment,
may be fined under title 18, United States Code, and shall be 
imprisoned not less than 5 years and may be imprisoned for any term of 
years or for life.''.

SEC. 3. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR REENTRY OF REMOVED ALIEN.

 

Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326) 
is amended--

    (1) by redesignating subsections
            (c) and
            (d) as subsections
            (d) and

    (e) , respectively;

    (2) by striking subsections

    (a) and

    (b) and inserting the 
 following:
 ``

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsections

    (b) and
            (c) , any alien 
who--
 ``

    (1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, 
 removed, or has departed the United States while an order of 
 exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding; and
 ``

    (2) thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any 
 time found in, the United States, unless--
 ``
        (A) prior to the alien's reembarkation at a place 
 outside the United States or the alien's application 
 for admission from foreign contiguous territory, the 
 Secretary of Homeland Security has expressly consented 
 to such alien's reapplying for admission; or
 ``
        (B) with respect to an alien previously denied 
 admission and removed, such alien establishes that the 
 alien was not required to obtain such advance consent 
 under this or any prior Act,
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more 
than 10 years, or both.
 ``

    (b) Criminal Penalties for Reentry of Certain Removed Aliens.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--Notwithstanding the penalty under 
 subsection

    (a) , and except as provided in subsection
            (c) , an 
 alien described in subsection

    (a) --
 ``
        (A) who was convicted before such removal or 
 departure of 3 or more misdemeanors involving drugs, 
 crimes against the person, or both shall be fined under 
 title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 
 15 years, or both;
 ``
        (B) who has been excluded from the United States 
 pursuant to 

section 235
            (c) because the alien was 
 inadmissible under 

section 212

    (a)

    (3)
        (B) or who has been 
 removed from the United States pursuant to the 
 provisions of title V, and who thereafter, without the 
 permission of the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
 enters the United States, or attempts to do so, shall 
 be fined under title 18, United States Code, and 
 imprisoned for a period of 10 years, which sentence 
 shall not run concurrently with any other sentence;
 ``
            (C) who was removed from the United States 
 pursuant to 

section 241

    (a)

    (4)
        (B) who thereafter, 
 without the permission of the Secretary of Homeland 
 Security, enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time 
 found in, the United States, shall be fined under title 
 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 10 
 years, or both; and
 ``
            (D) who has been denied admission, excluded, 
 deported, or removed 3 or more times and thereafter 
 enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in 
 the United States, shall be fined under title 18, 
 United States Code, imprisoned not more than 10 years, 
 or both.
 ``

    (2) Removal defined.--In this subsection and in 
 subsection
            (c) , the term `removal' includes any agreement in 
 which an alien stipulates to removal during (or not during) a 
 criminal trial under either Federal or State law.
 ``
            (c) Mandatory Minimum Criminal Penalty for Reentry of Certain 
Removed Aliens.--Notwithstanding the penalties provided in subsections

    (a) and

    (b) , an alien described in subsection

    (a) who was convicted 
before such removal or departure of--
 ``

    (1) any aggravated felony;
 ``

    (2) any crime defined as a felony by the relevant 
 jurisdiction (Federal, State, Tribal, or local) of conviction; 
 or
 ``

    (3) any crime punishable by more than 1 year of 
 imprisonment,
may be fined under title 18, United States Code, and shall be 
imprisoned not less than 10 years and may be imprisoned for any term of 
years or for life.''; and

    (3) in subsection
            (d) , as redesignated by paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) by striking ``

section 242

    (h)

    (2) '' and inserting 
 ``

section 241

    (a)

    (4) ''; and
        (B) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting 
 ``Secretary of Homeland Security''.

 Passed the House of Representatives September 11, 2025.

 Attest:

 Clerk.
119th CONGRESS

 1st Session

 H. R. 3486

_______________________________________________________________________

 AN ACT

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for 
 individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after 
 being removed, and for other purposes.