119-s1977

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1977 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 1977

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the timely 
 completion of all removal proceedings.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 June 5, 2025

 Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Budd, and Mrs. Moody) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the timely 
 completion of all removal proceedings.

 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 ``Rapid Expulsion of Migrant Offenders 
who Violate and Evade

    (REMOVE) Act''.

SEC. 2. TIMELY REMOVAL OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED.

 

Section 239
            (d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229
            (d) ) is amended--

    (1) by redesignating paragraph

    (2) as paragraph

    (3) ; and

    (2) by striking paragraph

    (1) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (1) The Attorney General shall commence removal proceedings as 
promptly as possible after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
files, with the immigration court, a Notice to Appear that has been 
served on an alien. If such alien was convicted of an offense making 
the alien deportable under 

section 237

    (a) , the Attorney General shall 
commence any removal proceeding with respect to such alien as 
expeditiously as possible after the date on which such alien was 
convicted of such offense.
 ``

    (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including 

section 208
            (d) (5)
        (A) , the Attorney General shall take all actions, including 
promulgating relevant regulations, issuing relevant guidance, and any 
other relevant actions, to ensure all immigration court proceedings 
with respect to an alien referred to in paragraph

    (1) are completed not 
later than 15 days after they are commenced.''.
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