Bill Details
S.486 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced Date
2025-02-06
Policy Area
Immigration
Committees
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Sponsors
Cosponsors
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This bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to start deportation proceedings right away when a person’s visa is revoked for certain security-related or similar reasons. It would take away agency discretion in these cases and make the process mandatory instead of optional. The bill also updates the immigration law so the Secretary of Homeland Security, not the Attorney General, is the official responsible for handling these cases.
- If a visa is revoked because of a serious security-related ground, removal proceedings must begin immediately.
- The bill makes this step mandatory for visa revocations tied to certain national security or public safety concerns.
- It changes the law to put this responsibility with the Secretary of Homeland Security.
Official Summaries
Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act
This bill requires the immediate initiation of removal proceedings against a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) whose visa is revoked on security and related grounds.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 486 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
<DOC>
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.
_______________________________________________________________________
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
_______________________________________________________________________
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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