119-s486

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 486 Introduced in Senate

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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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