119-hr64

[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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