Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act or the SAFE Act - Title I: Immigration Law Enforcement by States and Localities - (Sec. 102) Authorizes: (1) states or their political subdivisions to enact and enforce immigration criminal penalties as long as they do not exceed relevant federal criminal penalties; and (2) state or local law enforcement personnel to investigate, apprehend, arrest, or transfer to federal custody aliens for immigration enforcement purposes to the same extent as federal law enforcement personnel.
(Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to provide the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) of the Department of Justice (DOJ) with all information that the Secretary has regarding any alien:
Requires NCIC to enter such information into its Immigration Violators File.
(Sec. 104) Requires states to have access to federal programs or technology directed at identifying inadmissible or deportable aliens.
(Sec. 105) Requires states and their political subdivisions to provide DHS with specified identifying information about each apprehended alien who is believed to be inadmissible or deportable.
(Sec. 106) Directs the Secretary to make grants to eligible states and their political subdivisions for procurement of equipment, technology, and facilities related to investigating, apprehending, arresting, or transporting inadmissible or deportable aliens.
Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 107) Directs the Secretary to construct or acquire additional domestic detention facilities for aliens detained pending removal.
Authorizes appropriations.
(Sec. 108) Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) regarding illegal aliens apprehended by state or local authorities to provide for:
Directs the Attorney General or the Secretary to ensure that an alien subject to removal is detained in an adequate state or local prison, detention center, or other comparable facility.
(Sec. 109) Directs the Secretary to establish immigration-related training for state and local personnel.
Gives funding priority to existing web-based immigration enforcement training systems.
(Sec. 110) Provides personal liability immunity to the same extent as corresponding federal immunity for state or local personnel enforcing immigration laws within the scope of their duties.
(Sec. 111) Directs the Secretary to continue to operate a program that: (1) identifies removable criminal aliens in federal and state correctional facilities, (2) ensures that such aliens are not released into the community, and (3) removes them from the United States after the completion of their sentences.
Extends such program to all states.
Authorizes limited state and local detention of a criminal alien after completion of a state or local prison sentence until transfer to federal custody.
(Sec. 112) Requires DHS (which currently is merely authorized) to accept a state or local request to enter into an immigration enforcement agreement absent a compelling reason to not do so.
(Sec. 113) Authorizes appropriations for the state criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP).
Transfers SCAAP from DOJ to DHS.
(Sec. 114) Requires states and localities to: (1) notify the federal government of inadmissible or removable aliens who are encountered by law enforcement personnel, (2) comply with federal law enforcement information requests and with DHS detainers.
Denies specified federal law enforcement assistance to a state or a political subdivision that prohibits law enforcement officers from cooperating with federal immigration law enforcement.
(Sec. 115) Directs the Secretary to execute all lawful writs, process, and orders issued under the authority of the United States.
Title II: National Security - (Sec. 201) Revises and expands certain terrorism-related provisions and bans with respect to naturalization, asylum, good moral character, voluntary departure, and cancellation of removal.
(Sec. 202) Prohibits an alien who was inadmissible or deportable on security and related grounds from being regarded as a person of good moral character under INA.
Applies the good moral character bar regardless of when a crime was classified as an aggravated felony.
(Sec. 203) Prohibits:
Requires a conditional lawful permanent resident to have the condition removed before applying for naturalization.
(Sec. 204) Authorizes the denaturalization of a person who participates in: (1) terrorist activities or incitement of terrorist activities, (2) violent or unlawful activities aimed at the overthrow of the United States, or (3) military-type training from or on behalf of a terrorist organization.
(Sec. 205) Authorizes the use or publication by DHS of certain legalization or special agricultural worker status information for any purpose relating to terrorism, national intelligence, or national security.
(Sec. 206) Requires security and background checks and investigations of suspected immigration irregularities to be completed before specified immigration-related statuses and benefits may be granted or adjudicated.
(Sec. 207) Amends the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to transfer responsibility for securing transit passage areas at ports of entry within the United States from the Department of State to DHS.
Prohibits a court from ordering the grant of benefits to any person until the necessary checks have been completed.
Title III: Removal of Criminal Aliens - (Sec. 301) Revises and expands the definition of "aggravated felony" under INA. Makes such changes retroactive.
(Sec. 302) Adds new grounds of inadmissibility for: (1) identity fraud or Social Security number misuse; (2) unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization; (3) specified firearm offenses; (4) conviction of an aggravated felony; and (5) crimes of domestic violence, stalking, or child abuse. Makes such additions retroactive.
Adds new grounds of deportability for: (1) identity fraud or Social Security number misuse, and (2) unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization. Makes such additions retroactive.
(Sec. 303) Makes inadmissible an alien who plans to or has engaged in espionage, prohibited export, or other unlawful activities, including activities aimed at the violent overthrow of the U.S. government.
(Sec. 304) Prohibits the sale of or possession of firearms by any alien who is not lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
(Secs. 305-307) Amends the federal criminal code to:
(Sec. 308) Makes aggravated felons ineligible for refugee or asylee adjustment of status.
(Sec. 309) Makes a second DUI conviction an aggravated felony under INA.
Requires the detention of an unlawfully present alien who has been convicted of driving while intoxicated without regard to whether the conviction is classified as a misdemeanor or felony under state law.
(Sec. 310) Revises provisions regarding the detention and removal of aliens ordered removed.
Begins the removal period on the latest of:
Extends the removal (and detention) period beyond 90 days if:
Begins a new removal period in the case of such an extended removal on the date:
Requires mandatory detention for an alien who is inadmissible or deportable under specified criminal or terrorist grounds.
Directs the Secretary to establish a detention review process for cooperative aliens.
Authorizes DHS to detain indefinitely, subject to six-month review, an alien under removal order who cannot be removed if:
Authorizes unlimited detention of certain aliens during removal proceedings.
Subjects a criminal alien to mandatory DHS detention upon release without regard to whether the alien's release is related to:
(Sec. 311) Authorizes the Secretary to designate groups as criminal street gangs.
Makes an alien who is, or was, a member of a criminal gang inadmissible and deportable.
Requires detention for anyone found inadmissible or deportable for criminal street gang membership.
Bars individuals found inadmissible or deportable for criminal gang membership from asylum, withholding of removal, and temporary protected status.
(Secs. 312-313) Amends federal criminal law with respect to identity theft and money laundering under INA.
(Sec. 314) Revises prohibitions and requirements regarding alien smuggling and harboring.
Prescribes criminal penalties for any person who:
Provides extraterritorial federal jurisdiction over such offenses.
Revises related criminal penalties.
Subjects to forfeiture real or personal property used to commit or facilitate a violation under this section.
Limits arrest authority under this section to only: (1) officers and employees designated by the Secretary, and (2) other officers responsible for the enforcement of federal criminal laws.
(Sec. 315) Subjects to specified criminal penalties (increases certain of such penalties) for illegal entry or presence an alien who knowingly:
Revises related criminal penalties.
Eliminates current criminal penalties for: (1) marriage-based immigration fraud, and (2) immigration-related commercial enterprise fraud.
(Sec. 316) Revises criminal penalties for an alien who is a criminal offender who was removed from the United States and subsequently attempts or seeks to enter, crosses or attempts to cross the border, or is at any time found in the United States.
Sets forth a limited affirmative defense to a violation of this section.
Eliminates the authorization for an alien charged with unlawful reentry to challenge the validity of any prior removal order, subject to certain limitations.
(Secs. 317-318) Increases penalties under the federal criminal code for certain immigration document and passport fraud activities, and authorizes forfeiture of property used in connection with them.
States that someone who attempts or conspires to violate such prohibitions shall be punished in the same manner as a person who completes the violation.
(Sec. 319) Reduces the period during which an alien may seek judicial review of an expedited removal order based on criminal or security grounds.
Subjects to such expedited removal procedures an individual inadmissible because of a criminal offense if the individual has not been admitted or paroled, does not have a credible fear of persecution, and is not eligible for relief from removal.
(Sec. 320) Expands the grounds of inadmissibility and deportability to include violation of federal requirements regarding sex offender registration.
(Sec. 321) Prohibits U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents convicted of certain sex offenses from sponsoring an alien for admission unless the Secretary determines that such person poses no risk to the alien.
(Sec. 322) Authorizes the Attorney General to consider evidence extrinsic to an alien's conviction record to determine whether the conviction was based on conduct constituting a crime of moral turpitude or a domestic violence offense (which would make the alien deportable).
(Sec. 323) Subjects inadmissible aliens who fail to obey removal orders to the same criminal penalties that apply to deportable aliens who fail to obey removal orders.
(Sec. 324) States that a conviction for which a pardon has been issued shall not be grounds for deportability by reason of such conviction.
Title IV: Visa Security - (Sec. 401) States that all visas held by an alien are void if the alien has overstayed his or her stay.
(Sec. 402) Revises visa information sharing requirements. Authorizes the Department of State to share visa records on a case-by-case basis with a foreign government for the purpose of determining removability or eligibility for a visa, admission, or other immigration benefits, or if in the U.S. national interest.
(Sec. 403) Prohibits waiver of a visa interview for an alien the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary, determines to be: (1) a person of concern, (2) in a class of aliens that are security threats, or (3) in a visa category that would create a high risk of degradation of visa program integrity.
(Sec. 404) Directs the Secretary of State to: (1) issue guidance to consular officers for implementing the authority to deny visa applications without interview where the alien is determined to be ineligible for a visa based upon review of the application, and (2) report to Congress quarterly on the number of denial of visa applications without review.
(Sec. 405) States that the Secretary: (1) shall have, with certain exceptions, exclusive authority to issue regulations, establish policy, and administer all immigration or nationality laws relating to consular functions in connection with visa issuance or denial; and (2) may refuse or revoke any visa to an alien or class of aliens for U.S. security interests.
Prohibits judicial review of the Secretary's decision to refuse or revoke a visa.
(Sec. 406) Authorizes a consular surcharge (in addition to immigrant visa fees) to fund the visa security program.
(Secs. 407-408) Provides for expedited clearance and placement of DHS personnel at overseas embassies and consular posts.
(Sec. 409) Requires that a person coming to study at a college, university, or language training program in the United States under a nonimmigrant student F-visa must attend an institution that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education.
Requires academic institutions (exempts seminaries or other religious institutions) to be similarly accredited for F-visa purposes if: (1) the institution is not already required to be accredited, and (2) an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of Education is able to provide such accreditation.
Authorizes the Secretary to waive the accreditation requirement for an established college, university, or language training program that is otherwise in compliance with F-visa provisions and is has been a good faith candidate for accreditation for at least one year.
Makes a temporary exception.
(Sec. 410) Authorizes the Secretary, upon reasonable suspicion that an owner of, or a designated school official at, an approved institution of higher education, another educational institution, or a designated exchange visitor program, has committed student and exchange visitor program (SEVP) fraud, to: (1) suspend such certification without prior notification, and (2) suspend such official's or such school's student and exchange visitor information system (SEVIS) access.
Disqualifies permanently an owner or school official who is convicted of SEVP-related fraud from filing future petitions and from having an ownership interest or a management role in any U.S. educational institution that enrolls nonimmigrant alien students or nonimmigrant alien vocational students.
(Sec. 411) Prohibits an individual from serving as a designated school official or from being granted access to SEVIS unless the individual: (1) is a U.S. national or a lawful permanent resident alien who, during the most recent three-year period, has undergone a specified background check; and (2) has completed a SEVP and SEVIS training course.
Authorizes the Secretary to collect a fee for each such security check.
(Sec. 412) Authorizes school officials to nominate as many designated school officials in addition to their principal designated school official as necessary and adequate to make recommendations to enrolled students on how to maintain nonimmigrant status.
(Sec. 413) Requires an SEVP-participating institution or exchange visitor program sponsor to report to DHS on students or exchange visitors with nonimmigrant status.
(Sec. 414) Makes flight schools that are not certified by the Federal Aviation Administration ineligible to access SEVIS.
Makes a temporary exception.
(Sec. 415) Requires: (1) that an accrediting agency or association notify the Secretary if an educational institution is denied accreditation or if accreditation is suspended withdrawn or terminated, and (2) the Secretary to immediately terminate SEVIS access.
(Secs. 416-417) ) Directs the Secretary to submit to Congress: (1) a risk assessment strategy to identify, investigate and take action against schools and school officials committing or facilitating student visa fraud; and (2) a plan for implementation of several fraud and misuse recommendations by the Government Accountability Office (GAO).
(Sec. 418) Directs the Secretary to complete the deployment of both phases of the 2nd generation student and exchange visitor information system (SEVIS II).
Title V: Aid to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers - (Sec. 501) Authorizes all DHS immigration enforcement agents and deportation officers who have successfully completed basic immigration law enforcement training to: (1) make arrests for offenses against the United States, for certain felonies, and for bringing in, transporting, or harboring certain aliens; (2) execute warrants of arrest for administrative immigration violations; and (3) carry firearms.
(Sec. 502) Authorizes the Secretary to hire additional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention enforcement officers.
(Sec. 503) Directs the Secretary to ensure that ICE immigration enforcement agents and deportation officers are issued body armor and weapons.
(Sec. 504) Establishes an ICE Advisory Council.
(Sec. 505) Establishes a pilot program in at least 5 of the 10 busiest ICE offices to process electronically and serve charging documents, and process and place detainers while in the field.
(Secs. 506-507) Directs the Secretary to increase the number of ICE deportation officers, support staff, and prosecutors.
Title VI: Miscellaneous Enforcement Provisions - (Sec. 601) Revises voluntary departure requirements.
Makes aliens who violate certain security-related grounds ineligible for the granting of voluntary departure in lieu of removal. (Removes the condition that they must also be deportable on such grounds in order to be ineligible for voluntary departure.)
Reduces the departure period in the case of voluntary departure granted before the completion of removal proceedings.
Authorizes the Secretary to require an alien permitted to depart voluntarily before the conclusion of removal proceedings to post a voluntary departure bond, to be surrendered upon proof that the alien has departed the United States within the time specified.
Revises civil penalties for failure to depart.
Prohibits: (1) an alien who was previously permitted to depart voluntarily from being granted voluntary departure; and (2) a court from reinstating, enjoining, staying, or tolling the period allowed for departure.
(Sec. 602) Revises requirements regarding reentry bars for aliens who remain in the United States after ordered removed.
Revises the bar on admissibility for aliens removed from the United States.
Makes an inadmissible alien ineligible for discretionary relief from removal, with a specified exception, during the time the alien remains in the United States and for a period of 10 years after the alien's departure.
(Sec. 603) Revises requirements for reinstatement of removal orders.
Declares that:
(Sec. 604) States that adjustment of status to legal permanent residency is an admission under the INA, even if the adjustment of status occurred while the alien was present in the United States.
(Sec. 605) Directs the Secretary and the Attorney General each to report to Congress on the number of inadmissible and removable aliens encountered and not processed for removal or granted immigration benefits under prosecutorial discretion.
(Sec. 606) Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture from prohibiting or restricting CBP efforts, on land under their respective jurisdictions located within 100 miles of an international land border, to: (1) execute search and rescue operations, and (2) prevent unlawful entries into the United States through the international land borders.
Grants CBP access to such lands to conduct: (1) road and barrier construction and maintenance, (2) vehicular patrols, (3) surveillance equipment activities, and (4) deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.
(Sec. 607) Directs the Secretary to establish the biometric entry and exit data system required by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 within two years at each U.S. port of entry.
(Sec. 608) Prohibits the Secretary from finalizing, implementing, administering, or enforcing specified documents regarding prosecutorial discretion.
(Sec. 609) Requires the deployment of ICE mobile rapid response teams to achieve the objectives of: (1) making emergency assistance available to law enforcement officers along the Mexican border, and (2) maintain airborne patrols to provide quick deployment and emergency response services for people who live in such border areas.
(Sec. 610) Requires a GAO report to Congress on the custody deaths of detainees held by DHS.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2278 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2278
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve immigration law
enforcement within the interior of the United States, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 6, 2013
Mr. Gowdy (for himself, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mr. Forbes,
Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Bishop of Utah, Mr. Coble, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr.
Westmoreland, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr.
Collins of Georgia, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Franks of Arizona,
Mr. Pearce, Mr. DeSantis, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Labrador) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Agriculture,
and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall
within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to improve immigration law
enforcement within the interior of the United States, 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 ``Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement
Act'' or the ``SAFE Act''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT BY STATES AND LOCALITIES
Sec. 101. Definitions and severability.
Sec. 102. Immigration law enforcement by States and localities.
Sec. 103. Listing of immigration violators in the national crime
information center database.
Sec. 104. Technology access.
Sec. 105. State and local law enforcement provision of information
about apprehended aliens.
Sec. 106. Financial assistance to State and local police agencies that
assist in the enforcement of immigration
laws.
Sec. 107. Increased Federal detention space.
Sec. 108. Federal custody of inadmissible and deportable aliens in the
United States apprehended by State or local
law enforcement.
Sec. 109. Training of State and local law enforcement personnel
relating to the enforcement of immigration
laws.
Sec. 110. Immunity.
Sec. 111. Criminal alien identification program.
Sec. 112. Clarification of congressional intent.
Sec. 113. State criminal alien assistance program (SCAAP).
Sec. 114. State violations of enforcement of immigration laws.
Sec. 115. Clarifying the authority of ICE detainers.
TITLE II--NATIONAL SECURITY
Sec. 201. Removal of, and denial of benefits to, terrorist aliens.
Sec. 202. Terrorist bar to good moral character.
Sec. 203. Terrorist bar to naturalization.
Sec. 204. Denaturalization for terrorists.
Sec. 205. Use of 1986 IRCA legalization information for national
security purposes.
Sec. 206. Background and security checks.
Sec. 207. Technical amendments relating to the Intelligence Reform and
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004.
TITLE III--REMOVAL OF CRIMINAL ALIENS
Sec. 301. Definition of aggravated felony and conviction.
Sec. 302. Precluding admissibility of aliens convicted of aggravated
felonies or other serious offenses.
Sec. 303. Espionage clarification.
Sec. 304. Prohibition of the sale of firearms to, or the possession of
firearms by, certain aliens.
Sec. 305. Uniform statute of limitations for certain immigration,
naturalization, and peonage offenses.
Sec. 306. Conforming amendment to the definition of racketeering
activity.
Sec. 307. Conforming amendments for the aggravated felony definition.
Sec. 308. Precluding refugee or asylee adjustment of status for
aggravated felons.
Sec. 309. Inadmissibility and deportability of drunk drivers.
Sec. 310. Detention of dangerous aliens.
Sec. 311. Grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for alien gang
members.
Sec. 312. Extension of identity theft offenses.
Sec. 313. Laundering of monetary instruments.
Sec. 314. Increased criminal penalties relating to alien smuggling and
related offenses.
Sec. 315. Penalties for illegal entry.
Sec. 316. Illegal reentry.
Sec. 317. Reform of passport, visa, and immigration fraud offenses.
Sec. 318. Forfeiture.
Sec. 319. Expedited removal for aliens inadmissible on criminal or
security grounds.
Sec. 320. Increased penalties barring the admission of convicted sex
offenders failing to register and requiring
deportation of sex offenders failing to
register.
Sec. 321. Protecting immigrants from convicted sex offenders.
Sec. 322. Clarification to crimes of violence and crimes involving
moral turpitude.
Sec. 323. Penalties for failure to obey removal orders.
Sec. 324. Pardons.
TITLE IV--VISA SECURITY
Sec. 401. Cancellation of additional visas.
Sec. 402. Visa information sharing.
Sec. 403. Restricting waiver of visa interviews.
Sec. 404. Authorizing the Department of State to not interview certain
ineligible visa applicants.
Sec. 405. Visa refusal and revocation.
Sec. 406. Funding for the visa security program.
Sec. 407. Expeditious expansion of visa security program to high-risk
posts.
Sec. 408. Expedited clearance and placement of Department of Homeland
Security personnel at overseas embassies
and consular posts.
Sec. 409. Increased criminal penalties for student visa integrity.
Sec. 410. Accreditation requirements.
Sec. 411. Visa fraud.
Sec. 412. Background checks.
Sec. 413. Flight schools not certified by FAA.
Sec. 414. Revocation of accreditation.
Sec. 415. Report on risk assessment.
Sec. 416. Implementation of GAO recommendations.
Sec. 417. Implementation of SEVIS II.
Sec. 418. Definitions.
TITLE V--AID TO U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
Sec. 501. ICE immigration enforcement agents.
Sec. 502. ICE detention enforcement officers.
Sec. 503. Ensuring the safety of ICE officers and agents.
Sec. 504. ICE Advisory Council.
Sec. 505. Pilot program for electronic field processing.
Sec. 506. Additional ICE deportation officers and support staff.
Sec. 507. Additional ICE prosecutors.
TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
Sec. 601. Encouraging aliens to depart voluntarily.
Sec. 602. Deterring aliens ordered removed from remaining in the United
States unlawfully.
Sec. 603. Reinstatement of removal orders.
Sec. 604. Clarification with respect to definition of admission.
Sec. 605. Reports to Congress on the exercise and abuse of
prosecutorial discretion.
Sec. 606. Waiver of Federal laws with respect to border security
actions on Department of the Interior and
Department of Agriculture lands.
TITLE I--IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT BY STATES AND LOCALITIES
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS AND SEVERABILITY.
(a) State Defined.--For the purposes of this title, the term
``State'' has the meaning given to such term in section 101(a)(36) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(36)).
(b) Secretary Defined.--For the purpose of this title, the term
``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(c) Severability.--If any provision of this title, or the
application of such provision to any person or circumstance, is held
invalid, the remainder of this title, and the application of such
provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other
circumstances, shall not be affected by such invalidation.
SEC. 102. IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT BY STATES AND LOCALITIES.
(a) In General.--Subject to section 274A(h)(2) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(2)), States, or political
subdivisions of States, may enact, implement and enforce criminal
penalties that penalize the same conduct that is prohibited in the
criminal provisions of immigration laws (as defined in section
101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(17))), as long as the criminal penalties do not exceed the
relevant Federal criminal penalties. States, or political subdivisions
of States, may enact, implement and enforce civil penalties that
penalize the same conduct that is prohibited in the civil violations of
immigration laws (as defined in such section 101(a)(17)), as long as
the civil penalties do not exceed the relevant Federal civil penalties.
(b) Law Enforcement Personnel.--Law enforcement personnel of a
State, or of a political subdivision of a State, may investigate,
identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer to Federal custody
aliens for the purposes of enforcing the immigration laws of the United
States to the same extent as Federal law enforcement personnel. Law
enforcement personnel of a State, or of a political subdivision of a
State, may also investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, or detain
aliens for the purposes of enforcing the immigration laws of a State or
of a political subdivision of State, as long as those immigration laws
are permissible under this section. Law enforcement personnel of a
State, or of a political subdivision of a State, may not remove aliens
from the United States.
SEC. 103. LISTING OF IMMIGRATION VIOLATORS IN THE NATIONAL CRIME
INFORMATION CENTER DATABASE.
(a) Provision of Information to the NCIC.--Not later than 180 days
after the date of the enactment of this Act and periodically thereafter
as updates may require, the Secretary shall provide the National Crime
Information Center of the Department of Justice with all information
that the Secretary may possess regarding any alien against whom a final
order of removal has been issued, any alien who has entered into a
voluntary departure agreement, any alien who has overstayed their
authorized period of stay, and any alien whose visas has been revoked.
The National Crime Information Center shall enter such information into
the Immigration Violators File of the National Crime Information Center
database, regardless of whether--
(1) the alien received notice of a final order of removal;
(2) the alien has already been removed; or
(3) sufficient identifying information is available with
respect to the alien.
(b) Inclusion of Information in the NCIC Database.--
(1) In general.--Section 534(a) of title 28, United States
Code, is amended--
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph
(5); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) acquire, collect, classify, and preserve records of
violations by aliens of the immigration laws of the United
States, regardless of whether any such alien has received
notice of the violation or whether sufficient identifying
information is available with respect to any such alien or
whether any such alien has already been removed from the United
States; and''.
(2) Effective date.--The Attorney General and the Secretary
shall ensure that the amendment made by paragraph (1) is
implemented by not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 104. TECHNOLOGY ACCESS.
States shall have access to Federal programs or technology directed
broadly at identifying inadmissible or deportable aliens.
SEC. 105. STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PROVISION OF INFORMATION
ABOUT APPREHENDED ALIENS.
(a) Provision of Information.--In compliance with section 642(a) of
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. 1373) and section 434 of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1644), each State, and
each political subdivision of a State, shall provide the Secretary of
Homeland Security in a timely manner with the information specified in
subsection (b) with respect to each alien apprehended in the
jurisdiction of the State, or in the political subdivision of the
State, who is believed to be inadmissible or deportable.
(b) Information Required.--The information referred to in
subsection (a) is as follows:
(1) The alien's name.
(2) The alien's address or place of residence.
(3) A physical description of the alien.
(4) The date, time, and location of the encounter with the
alien and reason for stopping, detaining, apprehending, or
arresting the alien.
(5) If applicable, the alien's driver's license number and
the State of issuance of such license.
(6) If applicable, the type of any other identification
document issued to the alien, any designation number contained
on the identification document, and the issuing entity for the
identification document.
(7) If applicable, the license plate number, make, and
model of any automobile registered to, or driven by, the alien.
(8) A photo of the alien, if available or readily
obtainable.
(9) The alien's fingerprints, if available or readily
obtainable.
(c) Annual Report on Reporting.--The Secretary shall maintain and
annually submit to the Congress a detailed report listing the States,
or the political subdivisions of States, that have provided information
under subsection (a) in the preceding year.
(d) Reimbursement.--The Secretary shall reimburse States, and
political subdivisions of a State, for all reasonable costs, as
determined by the Secretary, incurred by the State, or the political
subdivision of a State, as a result of providing information under
subsection (a).
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(f) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall require law
enforcement officials of a State, or of a political subdivision of a
State, to provide the Secretary with information related to a victim of
a crime or witness to a criminal offense.
(g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date
that is 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and shall
apply with respect to aliens apprehended on or after such date.
SEC. 106. FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AGENCIES THAT
ASSIST IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.
(a) Grants for Special Equipment for Housing and Processing Certain
Aliens.--From amounts made available to make grants under this section,
the Secretary shall make grants to States, and to political
subdivisions of States, for procurement of equipment, technology,
facilities, and other products that facilitate and are directly related
to investigating, apprehending, arresting, detaining, or transporting
aliens who are inadmissible or deportable, including additional
administrative costs incurred under this title.
(b) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive a grant under this
section, a State, or a political subdivision of a State, must have the
authority to, and shall have a written policy and a practice to, assist
in the enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States in the
course of carrying out the routine law enforcement duties of such State
or political subdivision of a State. Entities covered under this
section may not have any policy or practice that prevents local law
enforcement from inquiring about a suspect's immigration status.
(c) Funding.--There is authorized to be appropriated for grants
under this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2014
and each subsequent fiscal year.
(d) GAO Audit.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct an audit of funds distributed to States, and to political
subdivisions of a State, under subsection (a).
SEC. 107. INCREASED FEDERAL DETENTION SPACE.
(a) Construction or Acquisition of Detention Facilities.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall construct or acquire,
in addition to existing facilities for the detention of aliens,
detention facilities in the United States, for aliens detained
pending removal from the United States or a decision regarding
such removal. Each facility shall have a number of beds
necessary to effectuate this purposes of this title.
(2) Determinations.--The location of any detention facility
built or acquired in accordance with this subsection shall be
determined by the Secretary.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(c) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 241(g)(1) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(g)(1)) is amended by
striking ``may expend'' and inserting ``shall expend''.
SEC. 108. FEDERAL CUSTODY OF INADMISSIBLE AND DEPORTABLE ALIENS IN THE
UNITED STATES APPREHENDED BY STATE OR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
(a) State Apprehension.--
(1) In general.--Title II of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.) is amended by inserting
after section 240C the following:
``custody of inadmissible and deportable aliens present in the united
states
``Sec. 240D. (a) Transfer of Custody by State and Local
Officials.--If a State, or a political subdivision of the State,
exercising authority with respect with respect to the apprehension or
arrest of an inadmissible or deportable alien submits to the Secretary
of Homeland Security a request that the alien be taken into Federal
custody, notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, or
policy the Secretary--
``(1) shall take the alien into custody not later than 48 hours
after the detainer has been issued following the conclusion of the
State or local charging process or dismissal process, or if no State or
local charging or dismissal process is required, the Secretary should
issue a detainer and take the alien into custody not later than 48
hours after the alien is apprehended; and
``(2) shall request that the relevant State or local law
enforcement agency temporarily hold the alien in their custody or
transport the alien for transfer to Federal custody.
``(b) Policy on Detention in Federal, Contract, State, or Local
Detention Facilities.--In carrying out section 241(g)(1), the Attorney
General or Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure that an alien
arrested under this title shall be held in custody, pending the alien's
examination under this section, in a Federal, contract, State, or local
prison, jail, detention center, or other comparable facility.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation or policy, such
facility is adequate for detention, if--
``(1) such a facility is the most suitably located Federal,
contract, State, or local facility available for such purpose
under the circumstances;
``(2) an appropriate arrangement for such use of the
facility can be made; and
``(3) the facility satisfies the standards for the housing,
care, and security of persons held in custody by a United
States Marshal.
``(c) Reimbursement.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
reimburse a State, and a political subdivision of a State, for all
reasonable expenses, as determined by the Secretary, incurred by the
State, or political subdivision, as a result of the incarceration and
transportation of an alien who is inadmissible or deportable as
described in subsections (a) and (b). Compensation provided for costs
incurred under such subsections shall be the average cost of
incarceration of a prisoner in the relevant State, as determined by the
chief executive officer of a State, or of a political subdivision of a
State, plus the cost of transporting the alien from the point of
apprehension to the place of detention, and to the custody transfer
point if the place of detention and place of custody are different.
``(d) Secure Facilities.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall
ensure that aliens incarcerated pursuant to this title are held in
facilities that provide an appropriate level of security.
``(e) Transfer.--
``(1) In general.--In carrying out this section, the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish a regular
circuit and schedule for the prompt transfer of apprehended
aliens from the custody of States, and political subdivisions
of a State, to Federal custody.
``(2) Contracts.--The Secretary may enter into contracts,
including appropriate private contracts, to implement this
subsection.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents of such Act
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 240C
the following new item:
``Sec. 240D. Custody of aliens unlawfully present in the United
States.''.
(b) GAO Audit.--Not later than 3 years after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States
shall conduct an audit of compensation to States, and to political
subdivisions of a State, for the incarceration of inadmissible or
deportable aliens under section 240D(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (as added by subsection (a)(1)).
(c) Effective Date.--Section 240D of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as added by subsection (a), shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act, except that subsection (e) of such
section shall take effect on the date that is 120 day after the date of
the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 109. TRAINING OF STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL
RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.
(a) Establishment of Training Manual and Pocket Guide.--Not later
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Secretary shall establish--
(1) a training manual for law enforcement personnel of a
State, or of a political subdivision of a State, to train such
personnel in the investigation, identification, apprehension,
arrest, detention, and transfer to Federal custody of
inadmissible and deportable aliens in the United States
(including the transportation of such aliens across State lines
to detention centers and the identification of fraudulent
documents); and
(2) an immigration enforcement pocket guide for law
enforcement personnel of a State, or of a political subdivision
of a State, to provide a quick reference for such personnel in
the course of duty.
(b) Availability.--The training manual and pocket guide established
in accordance with subsection (a) shall be made available to all State
and local law enforcement personnel.
(c) Applicability.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to
require State or local law enforcement personnel to carry the training
manual or pocket guide with them while on duty.
(d) Costs.--The Secretary shall be responsible for any costs
incurred in establishing the training manual and pocket guide.
(e) Training Flexibility.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make training of State
and local law enforcement officers available through as many
means as possible, including through residential training at
the Center for Domestic Preparedness, onsite training held at
State or local police agencies or facilities, online training
courses by computer, teleconferencing, and videotape, or the
digital video display (DVD) of a training course or courses. E-
learning through a secure, encrypted distributed learning
system that has all its servers based in the United States, is
scalable, survivable, and can have a portal in place not later
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall
be made available by the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center Distributed Learning Program for State and local law
enforcement personnel.
(2) Federal personnel training.--The training of State and
local law enforcement personnel under this section shall not
displace the training of Federal personnel.
(3) Clarification.--Nothing in this title or any other
provision of law shall be construed as making any immigration-
related training a requirement for, or prerequisite to, any
State or local law enforcement officer to assist in the
enforcement of Federal immigration laws.
(4) Priority.--In carrying out this subsection, priority
funding shall be given for existing web-based immigration
enforcement training systems.
SEC. 110. IMMUNITY.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a law enforcement
officer of a State or local law enforcement agency who is acting within
the scope of the officer's official duties shall be immune, to the same
extent as a Federal law enforcement officer, from personal liability
arising out of the performance of any duty described in this title,
including the authorities to investigate, identify, apprehend, arrest,
detain, or transfer to Federal custody, an alien for the purposes of
enforcing the immigration laws of the United States (as defined in
section 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(17)) or the immigration laws of a State or a political
subdivision of a State.
SEC. 111. CRIMINAL ALIEN IDENTIFICATION PROGRAM.
(a) Continuation and Expansion.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary shall continue to operate
and implement a program that--
(A) identifies removable criminal aliens in Federal
and State correctional facilities;
(B) ensures such aliens are not released into the
community; and
(C) removes such aliens from the United States
after the completion of their sentences.
(2) Expansion.--The program shall be extended to all
States. Any State that receives Federal funds for the
incarceration of criminal aliens (pursuant to the State
Criminal Alien Assistance Program authorized under section
241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1231(i)) or other similar program) shall--
(A) cooperate with officials of the program;
(B) expeditiously and systematically identify
criminal aliens in its prison and jail populations; and
(C) promptly convey such information to officials
of such program as a condition of receiving such funds.
(b) Authorization for Detention After Completion of State or Local
Prison Sentence.--Law enforcement officers of a State, or of a
political subdivision of a State, are authorized to--
(1) hold a criminal alien for a period of up to 14 days
after the alien has completed the alien's sentence under State
or local law in order to effectuate the transfer of the alien
to Federal custody when the alien is inadmissible or
deportable; or
(2) issue a detainer that would allow aliens who have
served a prison sentence under State or local law to be
detained by the State or local prison or jail until the
Secretary can take the alien into custody.
(c) Technology Usage.--Technology, such as video conferencing,
shall be used to the maximum extent practicable in order to make the
program available in remote locations. Mobile access to Federal
databases of aliens and live scan technology shall be used to the
maximum extent practicable in order to make these resources available
to State and local law enforcement agencies in remote locations.
(d) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect of the date of
the enactment of this Act, except that subsection (a)(2) shall take
effect on the date that is 180 days after such date.
SEC. 112. CLARIFICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.
Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1357(g)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ``may enter'' and all that
follows through the period at the end and inserting the
following: ``shall enter into a written agreement with a State,
or any political subdivision of a State, upon request of the
State or political subdivision, pursuant to which an officer or
employee of the State or subdivision, who is determined by the
Secretary to be qualified to perform a function of an
immigration officer in relation to the investigation,
apprehension, or detention of aliens in the United States
(including the transportation of such aliens across State lines
to detention centers), may carry out such function at the
expense of the State or political subdivision and to extent
consistent with State and local law. No request from a bona
fide State or political subdivision or bona fide law
enforcement agency shall be denied absent good cause. No limit
on the number of agreements under this subsection may be
imposed. The Secretary shall process requests for such
agreements with all due haste, and in no case shall take not
more than 90 days from the date the request is made until the
agreement is consummated.'';
(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (5) and
paragraphs (3) through (10) as paragraphs (7) through (14),
respectively;
(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) An agreement under this subsection shall accommodate a
requesting State or political subdivision with respect to the
enforcement model or combination of models, and shall accommodate a
patrol model, task force model, jail model, any combination thereof, or
any other reasonable model the State or political subdivision believes
is best suited to the immigration enforcement needs of its
jurisdiction.
``(3) No Federal program or technology directed broadly at
identifying inadmissible or deportable aliens shall substitute for such
agreements, including those establishing a jail model, and shall
operate in addition to any agreement under this subsection.
``(4)(A) No agreement under this subsection shall be terminated
without good cause.
``(B)(i) The Secretary shall provide a State or political
subdivision written notice of intent to terminate at least 180 days
prior to date of intended termination, and the notice shall fully
explain the grounds for termination, along with providing evidence
substantiating the Secretary's allegations.
``(ii) The State or political subdivision shall have the right to a
hearing before an administrative law judge and, if the ruling is
against the State or political subdivision, to appeal the ruling to the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and, if the ruling is against the
State or political subdivision, to the Supreme Court.
``(C) The agreement shall remain in full effect during the course
of any and all legal proceedings.''; and
(4) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as redesignated) the
following:
``(6) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall make training of
State and local law enforcement officers available through as many
means as possible, including through residential training at the Center
for Domestic Preparedness and the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center, onsite training held at State or local police agencies or
facilities, online training courses by computer, teleconferencing, and
videotape, or the digital video display (DVD) of a training course or
courses. Distance learning through a secure, encrypted distributed
learning system that has all its servers based in the United States, is
scalable, survivable, and can have a portal in place not later than 30
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be made
available by the COPS Office of the Department of Justice and the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Distributed Learning Program
for State and local law enforcement personnel. Preference shall be
given to private sector-based web-based immigration enforcement
training programs for which the Federal Government has already provided
support to develop.''.
SEC. 113. STATE CRIMINAL ALIEN ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SCAAP).
Section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1231(i)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Attorney General'' the first place such
term appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security'';
(2) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term
appears thereafter and inserting ``Secretary'';
(3) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ``charged with or''
before ``convicted''; and
(4) by amending paragraph (5) to read as follows:
``(5) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this subsection such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year
2014 and each subsequent fiscal year.''.
SEC. 114. STATE VIOLATIONS OF ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.
(a) In General.--Section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Immigration and Naturalization Service''
in each place it appears and inserting ``Department of Homeland
Security'';
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ``may'' and inserting
``shall'';
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``no person or agency may'' and
inserting ``a person or agency shall not'';
(B) by striking ``doing any of the following with
respect to information'' and inserting ``undertaking
any of the following law enforcement activities''; and
(C) by striking paragraphs (1) through (3) and
inserting the following:
``(1) Notifying the Federal Government regarding the
presence of inadmissible and deportable aliens who are
encountered by law enforcement personnel of a State or
political subdivision of a State.
``(2) Complying with requests for information from Federal
law enforcement.
``(3) Complying with detainers issued by the Department of
Homeland Security.
``(4) Issuing policies in the form of a resolutions,
ordinances, administrative actions, general or special orders,
or departmental policies that violate Federal law or restrict a
State or political subdivision of a State from complying with
Federal law or coordinating with Federal law enforcement.'';
and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(d) Compliance.--
``(1) In general.--A State, or a political subdivision of a
State, that has in effect a statute, policy, or practice that
prohibits law enforcement officers of the State, or of a
political subdivision of the State, from assisting or
cooperating with Federal immigration law enforcement in the
course of carrying out the officers' routine law enforcement
duties shall not be eligible to receive--
``(A) any of the funds that would otherwise be
allocated to the State or political subdivision under
section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1231(i)) or the `Cops on the Beat' program
under part Q of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3796dd et
seq.); or
``(B) any other law enforcement or Department of
Homeland Security grant.
``(2) Annual determination.--The Secretary shall determine
annually which State or political subdivision of a State are
not in compliance with section and shall report such
determinations to Congress on March 1 of each year.
``(3) Reports.--The Attorney General shall issue a report
concerning the compliance of any particular State or political
subdivision at the request of the House or Senate Judiciary
Committee. Any jurisdiction that is found to be out of
compliance shall be ineligible to receive Federal financial
assistance as provided in paragraph (1) for a minimum period of
1 year, and shall only become eligible again after the Attorney
General certifies that the jurisdiction is in compliance.
``(4) Reallocation.--Any funds that are not allocated to a
State or to a political subdivision of a State, due to the
failure of the State, or of the political subdivision of the
State, to comply with subsection (c) shall be reallocated to
States, or to political subdivisions of States, that comply
with such subsection.
``(e) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall require law
enforcement officials from States, or from political subdivisions of
States, to report or arrest victims or witnesses of a criminal
offense.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, except that subsection
(d) of section 642 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1373), as added by this section,
shall take effect beginning one year after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 115. CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF ICE DETAINERS.
Except as otherwise provided by Federal law or rule of procedure,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall execute all lawful writs,
process, and orders issued under the authority of the United States,
and shall command all necessary assistance to execute the Secretary's
duties.
TITLE II--NATIONAL SECURITY
SEC. 201. REMOVAL OF, AND DENIAL OF BENEFITS TO, TERRORIST ALIENS.
(a) Asylum.--Section 208(b)(2)(A) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or the Secretary of Homeland Security''
after ``if the Attorney General''; and
(2) by amending clause (v) to read as follows:
``(v) the alien is described in
subparagraph (B)(i) or (F) of section
212(a)(3), unless, in the case of an alien
described in subparagraph (IV), (V), or (IX) of
section 212(a)(3)(B)(i), the Secretary of
Homeland Security or the Attorney General
determines, in the discretion of the Secretary
or the Attorney General, that there are not
reasonable grounds for regarding the alien as a
danger to the security of the United States;
or''.
(b) Cancellation of Removal.--Section 240A(c)(4) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1229b(c)(4)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``inadmissible under'' and inserting
``described in''; and
(2) by striking ``deportable under'' and inserting
``described in''.
(c) Voluntary Departure.--Section 240B(b)(1)(C) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1229c(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``deportable under
section 237(a)(2)(A)(iii) or section 237(a)(4);'' and inserting
``described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii) or (4) of section 237(a);''.
(d) Restriction on Removal.--Section 241(b)(3)(B) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1231(b)(3)(B)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``or the Secretary of Homeland Security''
after ``Attorney General'' wherever that term appears;
(2) in clause (iii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(3) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``; or'';
(4) by inserting after clause (iv) the following:
``(v) the alien is described in
subparagraph (B)(i) or (F) of section
212(a)(3), unless, in the case of an alien
described in subparagraph (IV), (V), or (IX) of
section 212(a)(3)(B)(i), the Secretary of
Homeland Security or the Attorney General
determines, in discretion of the Secretary or
the Attorney General, that there are not
reasonable grounds for regarding the alien as a
danger to the security of the United States.'';
and
(5) by striking the final sentence.
(e) Record of Admission.--
(1) In general.--Section 249 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1259) is
amended to read as follows:
``record of admission for permanent residence in the case of certain
aliens who entered the united states prior to january 1, 1972
``Sec. 249. The Secretary of Homeland Security, in the discretion
of the Secretary and under such regulations as the Secretary may
prescribe, may enter a record of lawful admission for permanent
residence in the case of any alien, if no such record is otherwise
available and the alien--
``(1) entered the United States before January 1, 1972;
``(2) has continuously resided in the United States since
such entry;
``(3) has been a person of good moral character since such
entry;
``(4) is not ineligible for citizenship;
``(5) is not described in paragraph (1)(A)(iv), (2), (3),
(6)(C), (6)(E), or (8) of section 212(a); and
``(6) did not, at any time, without reasonable cause fail
or refuse to attend or remain in attendance at a proceeding to
determine the alien's inadmissibility or deportability.
Such recordation shall be effective as of the date of approval of the
application or as of the date of entry if such entry occurred prior to
July 1, 1924.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for such Act
is amended by amending the item relating to section 249 to read
as follows:
``Sec. 249. Record of admission for permanent residence in the case of
certain aliens who entered the United
States prior to January 1, 1972.''.
(f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act and sections 208(b)(2)(A),
212(a), 240A, 240B, 241(b)(3), and 249 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as so amended, shall apply to--
(1) all aliens in removal, deportation, or exclusion
proceedings;
(2) all applications pending on, or filed after, the date
of the enactment of this Act; and
(3) with respect to aliens and applications described in
paragraph (1) or (2) of this subsection, acts and conditions
constituting a ground for exclusion, deportation, or removal
occurring or existing before, on, or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
SEC. 202. TERRORIST BAR TO GOOD MORAL CHARACTER.
(a) Definition of Good Moral Character.--Section 101(f) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(f)) is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (9) as
paragraphs (2) through (10), respectively;
(2) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) one who the Secretary of Homeland Security or
Attorney General determines to have been at any time an alien
described in section 212(a)(3) or 237(a)(4), which
determination may be based upon any relevant information or
evidence, including classified, sensitive, or national security
information;'';
(3) in paragraph (9) (as redesignated), by inserting ``,
regardless whether the crime was classified as an aggravated
felony at the time of conviction, except that the Secretary of
Homeland Security or Attorney General may, in the unreviewable
discretion of the Secretary or Attorney General, determine that
this paragraph shall not apply in the case of a single
aggravated felony conviction (other than murder, manslaughter,
homicide, rape, or any sex offense when the victim of such sex
offense was a minor) for which completion of the term of
imprisonment or the sentence (whichever is later) occurred 10
or more years prior to the date of application'' after ``(as
defined in subsection (a)(43))''; and
(4) by striking the first sentence the follows paragraph
(10) (as redesignated) and inserting following: ``The fact that
any person is not within any of the foregoing classes shall not
preclude a discretionary finding for other reasons that such a
person is or was not of good moral character. The Secretary or
the Attorney General shall not be limited to the applicant's
conduct during the period for which good moral character is
required, but may take into consideration as a basis for
determination the applicant's conduct and acts at any time.''
(b) Aggravated Felons.--Section 509(b) of the Immigration Act of
1990 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended to read as follows:
``(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on November 29, 1990, and shall apply to convictions
occurring before, on or after such date.''.
(c) Technical Correction to the Intelligence Reform Act.--Section
5504(2) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
(Public Law 108-458) is amended by striking ``adding at the end'' and
inserting ``inserting after paragraph (8)''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, shall apply to
any act that occurred before, on, or after such date and shall apply to
any application for naturalization or any other benefit or relief, or
any other case or matter under the immigration laws pending on or filed
after such date. The amendments made by subsection (c) shall take
effect as if enacted in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism
Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-458).
SEC. 203. TERRORIST BAR TO NATURALIZATION.
(a) Naturalization of Persons Endangering the National Security.--
Section 316 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1426) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Persons Endangering the National Security.--No person shall
be naturalized who the Secretary of Homeland Security determines to
have been at any time an alien described in section 212(a)(3) or
237(a)(4). Such determination may be based upon any relevant
information or evidence, including classified, sensitive, or national
security information.''.
(b) Concurrent Naturalization and Removal Proceedings.--Section 318
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1429) is amended by
striking ``other Act;'' and inserting ``other Act; and no application
for naturalization shall be considered by the Secretary of Homeland
Security or any court if there is pending against the applicant any
removal proceeding or other proceeding to determine the applicant's
inadmissibility or deportability, or to determine whether the
applicant's lawful permanent resident status should be rescinded,
regardless of when such proceeding was commenced: Provided, That the
findings of the Attorney General in terminating removal proceedings or
in canceling the removal of an alien pursuant to the provisions of this
Act, shall not be deemed binding in any way upon the Secretary of
Homeland Security with respect to the question of whether such person
has established his eligibility for naturalization as required by this
title;''.
(c) Pending Denaturalization or Removal Proceedings.--Section
204(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following: ``No petition shall be
approved pursuant to this section if there is any administrative or
judicial proceeding (whether civil or criminal) pending against the
petitioner that could (whether directly or indirectly) result in the
petitioner's denaturalization or the loss of the petitioner's lawful
permanent resident status.''.
(d) Conditional Permanent Residents.--Sections 216(e) and section
216A(e) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1186a(e) and
1186b(e)) are each amended by striking the period at the end and
inserting ``, if the alien has had the conditional basis removed
pursuant to this section.''.
(e) District Court Jurisdiction.--Subsection 336(b) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1447(b), is amended to read
as follows:
``(b) If there is a failure to render a final administrative
decision under section 335 before the end of the 180-day period after
the date on which the Secretary of Homeland Security completes all
examinations and interviews conducted under such section, as such terms
are defined by the Secretary of Homeland Security pursuant to
regulations, the applicant may apply to the district court for the
district in which the applicant resides for a hearing on the matter.
Such court shall only have jurisdiction to review the basis for delay
and remand the matter to the Secretary of Homeland Security for the
Secretary's determination on the application.''.
(f) Conforming Amendment.--Section 310(c) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1421(c)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``, not later than the date that is 120
days after the Secretary of Homeland Security's final
determination,'' after ``seek''; and
(2) by striking the second sentence and inserting the
following: ``The burden shall be upon the petitioner to show
that the Secretary's denial of the application was not
supported by facially legitimate and bona fide reasons. Except
in a proceeding under section 340, notwithstanding any other
provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), including section
2241 of title 28, United States Code, or any other habeas
corpus provision, and sections 1361 and 1651 of such title, no
court shall have jurisdiction to determine, or to review a
determination of the Secretary made at any time regarding,
whether, for purposes of an application for naturalization, an
alien is a person of good moral character, whether the alien
understands and is attached to the principles of the
Constitution of the United States, or whether an alien is well
disposed to the good order and happiness of the United
States.''.
(g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, shall apply to any act
that occurred before, on, or after such date, and shall apply to any
application for naturalization or any other case or matter under the
immigration laws pending on, or filed after, such date.
SEC. 204. DENATURALIZATION FOR TERRORISTS.
(a) In General.--Section 340 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) as
subsections (g) through (i), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f)(1) If a person who has been naturalized participates in any
act described in paragraph (2), the Attorney General is authorized to
find that, as of the date of such naturalization, such person was not
attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States and
was not well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United
States at the time of naturalization, and upon such finding shall set
aside the order admitting such person to citizenship and cancel the
certificate of naturalization as having been obtained by concealment of
a material fact or by willful misrepresentation, and such revocation
and setting aside of the order admitting such person to citizenship and
such canceling of certificate of naturalization shall be effective as
of the original date of the order and certificate, respectively.
``(2) The acts described in this paragraph are the following:
``(A) Any activity a purpose of which is the opposition to,
or the control or overthrow of, the Government of the United
States by force, violence, or other unlawful means.
``(B) Engaging in a terrorist activity (as defined in
clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 212(a)(3)(B)).
``(C) Incitement of terrorist activity under circumstances
indicating an intention to cause death or serious bodily harm.
``(D) Receiving military-type training (as defined in
section 2339D(c)(1) of title 18, United States Code) from or on
behalf of any organization that, at the time the training was
received, was a terrorist organization (as defined in section
212(a)(3)(B)(vi)).''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to
acts that occur on or after such date.
SEC. 205. USE OF 1986 IRCA LEGALIZATION INFORMATION FOR NATIONAL
SECURITY PURPOSES.
(a) Special Agricultural Workers.--Section 210(b)(6) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1160(b)(6)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security'';
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Department of
Justice,'' and inserting ``Department of Homeland Security,'';
(3) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as
subparagraphs (D) and (E), respectively;
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
``(C) Authorized disclosures.--
``(i) Census purpose.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security may provide, in his
discretion, for the furnishing of information
furnished under this section in the same manner
and circumstances as census information may be
disclosed under section 8 of title 13, United
States Code.
``(ii) National security purpose.--The
Secretary of Homeland Security may provide, in
his discretion, for the furnishing, use,
publication, or release of information
furnished under this section in any
investigation, case, or matter, or for any
purpose, relating to terrorism, national
intelligence or the national security.''; and
(5) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, by striking
``Service'' and inserting ``Department of Homeland Security''.
(b) Adjustment of Status Under the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986.--Section 245A(c)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1255a(c)(5)), is amended--
(1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security'';
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Department of
Justice,'' and inserting ``Department of Homeland Security,'';
(3) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows:
``(C) Authorized disclosures.--
``(i) Census purpose.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security may provide, in his
discretion, for the furnishing of information
furnished under this section in the same manner
and circumstances as census information may be
disclosed under section 8 of title 13, United
States Code.
``(ii) National security purpose.--The
Secretary of Homeland Security may provide, in
his discretion, for the furnishing, use,
publication, or release of information
furnished under this section in any
investigation, case, or matter, or for any
purpose, relating to terrorism, national
intelligence or the national security.''; and
(4) in subparagraph (D), striking ``Service'' and inserting
``Department of Homeland Security''.
SEC. 206. BACKGROUND AND SECURITY CHECKS.
(a) Requirement To Complete Background and Security Checks.--
Section 103 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1103) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or
nonstatutory), including but not limited to section 309 of Public Law
107-173, sections 1361 and 1651 of title 28, United States Code, and
section 706(1) of title 5, United States Code, neither the Secretary of
Homeland Security, the Attorney General, nor any court may--
``(1) grant, or order the grant of or adjudication of an
application for adjustment of status to that of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence;
``(2) grant, or order the grant of or adjudication of an
application for United States citizenship or any other status,
relief, protection from removal, employment authorization, or
other benefit under the immigration laws;
``(3) grant, or order the grant of or adjudication of, any
immigrant or nonimmigrant petition; or
``(4) issue or order the issuance of any documentation
evidencing or related to any such grant, until such background
and security checks as the Secretary may in his discretion
require have been completed or updated to the satisfaction of
the Secretary.
``(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or
nonstatutory), including but not limited to section 309 of Public Law
107-173, sections 1361 and 1651 of title 28, United States Code, and
section 706(1) of title 5, United States Code, neither the Secretary of
Homeland Security nor the Attorney General may be required to--
``(1) grant, or order the grant of or adjudication of an
application for adjustment of status to that of an alien
lawfully admitted for permanent residence,
``(2) grant, or order the grant of or adjudication of an
application for United States citizenship or any other status,
relief, protection from removal, employment authorization, or
other benefit under the immigration laws,
``(3) grant, or order the grant of or adjudication of, any
immigrant or nonimmigrant petition, or
``(4) issue or order the issuance of any documentation
evidencing or related to any such grant, until any suspected or
alleged materially false information, material
misrepresentation or omission, concealment of a material fact,
fraud or forgery, counterfeiting, or alteration, or
falsification of a document, as determined by the Secretary,
relating to the adjudication of an application or petition for
any status (including the granting of adjustment of status),
relief, protection from removal, or other benefit under this
subsection has been investigated and resolved to the
Secretary's satisfaction.
``(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (statutory or
nonstatutory), including section 309 of the Enhanced Border Security
and Visa Entry Reform Act (8 U.S.C. 1738), sections 1361 and 1651 of
title 28, United States Code, and section 706(1) of title 5, United
States Code, no court shall have jurisdiction to require any of the
acts in subsection (h) or (i) to be completed by a certain time or
award any relief for failure to complete or delay in completing such
acts.''.
(b) Construction.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 4 of title III of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``construction
``Sec. 362. (a) In General.--Nothing in this Act or any other law,
except as provided in subsection (d), shall be construed to require the
Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of Labor, or a consular officer to grant any
application, approve any petition, or grant or continue any relief,
protection from removal, employment authorization, or any other status
or benefit under the immigration laws by, to, or on behalf of--
``(1) any alien deemed by the Secretary to be described in
section 212(a)(3) or section 237(a)(4); or
``(2) any alien with respect to whom a criminal or other
proceeding or investigation is open or pending (including, but
not limited to, issuance of an arrest warrant, detainer, or
indictment), where such proceeding or investigation is deemed
by the official described in subsection (a) to be material to
the alien's eligibility for the status or benefit sought.
``(b) Denial or Withholding of Adjudication.--An official described
in subsection (a) may, in the discretion of the official, deny (with
respect to an alien described in paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection
(a)) or withhold adjudication of pending resolution of the
investigation or case (with respect to an alien described in subsection
(a)(2) of this section) any application, petition, relief, protection
from removal, employment authorization, status or benefit.
``(c) Jurisdiction.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(statutory or nonstatutory), including section 309 of the Enhanced
Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act (8 U.S.C. 1738), sections
1361 and 1651 of title 28, United States Code, and section 706(1) of
title 5, United States Code, no court shall have jurisdiction to review
a decision to deny or withhold adjudication pursuant to subsection (b)
of this section.
``(d) Withholding of Removal and Torture Convention.--This section
does not limit or modify the applicability of section 241(b)(3) or the
United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or
Degrading Treatment or Punishment, subject to any reservations,
understandings, declarations and provisos contained in the United
States Senate resolution of ratification of the Convention, as
implemented by section 2242 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and
Restructuring Act of 1998 (Public Law 105-277) with respect to an alien
otherwise eligible for protection under such provisions.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for such Act
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 361
the following:
``362. Construction.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to
applications for immigration benefits pending on or after such date.
SEC. 207. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO THE INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND
TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2004.
(a) Transit Without Visa Program.--Section 7209(d) of the
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (8 U.S.C. 1185
note) is amended by striking ``the Secretary, in conjunction with the
Secretary of Homeland Security,'' and inserting ``the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State,''.
(b) Technology Acquisition and Dissemination Plan.--Section
7201(c)(1) of such Act is amended by inserting ``and the Department of
State'' after ``used by the Department of Homeland Security''.
TITLE III--REMOVAL OF CRIMINAL ALIENS
SEC. 301. DEFINITION OF AGGRAVATED FELONY AND CONVICTION.
(a) Definition of Aggravated Felony.--Section 101(a)(43) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The term `aggravated felony' means--''
and inserting ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
term `aggravated felony' applies to an offense described in
this paragraph, whether in violation of Federal or State law,
or in violation of the law of a foreign country for which the
term of imprisonment was completed within the previous 15
years, even if the length of the term of imprisonment for the
offense is based on recidivist or other enhancements and
regardless of whether the conviction was entered before, on, or
after September 30, 1996, and means--'';
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``murder, rape, or
sexual abuse of a minor;'' and inserting ``murder,
manslaughter, homicide, rape (whether the victim was conscious
or unconscious), or any offense of a sexual nature involving a
victim under the age of 18 years;'';
(3) in subparagraph (I), by striking ``or 2252'' and
inserting ``2252, or 2252A''.
(4) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``at least one year;''
and inserting ``is at least one year, except that if the
conviction records do not conclusively establish whether a
crime constitutes a crime of violence, the Attorney General may
consider other evidence related to the conviction that clearly
establishes that the conduct for which the alien was engaged
constitutes a crime of violence;''
(5) in subparagraph (N), by striking paragraph ``(1)(A) or
(2) of'';
(6) in subparagraph (O), by striking ``section 275(a) or
276 committed by an alien who was previously deported on the
basis of a conviction for an offense described in another
subparagraph of this paragraph'' and inserting ``section 275 or
276 for which the term of imprisonment is at least 1 year'';
(7) in subparagraph (U), by striking ``an attempt or
conspiracy to commit an offense described in this paragraph''
and inserting ``attempting or conspiring to commit an offense
described in this paragraph, or aiding, abetting, counseling,
procuring, commanding, inducing, or soliciting the commission
of such an offense.''; and
(8) by striking the undesignated matter following
subparagraph (U).
(b) Definition of Conviction.--Section 101(a)(48) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(48)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Any reversal, vacatur, expungement, or modification to a
conviction, sentence, or conviction record that was granted to
ameliorate the consequences of the conviction, sentence, or conviction
record, or was granted for rehabilitative purposes, or for failure to
advise the alien of the immigration consequences of a guilty plea or a
determination of guilt, shall have no effect on the immigration
consequences resulting from the original conviction. The alien shall
have the burden of demonstrating that any reversal, vacatur,
expungement, or modification was not granted to ameliorate the
consequences of the conviction, sentence, or conviction record, for
rehabilitative purposes, or for failure to advise the alien of the
immigration consequences of a guilty plea or a determination of guilt,
except where the alien establishes a pardon consistent with section
237(a)(2)(A)(vi).''.
(c) Effective Date; Application of Amendments.--
(1) In general.--The amendments made by subsection (a)--
(A) shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act; and
(B) shall apply to any act or conviction that
occurred before, on, or after such date.
(2) Application of iirira amendments.--The amendments to
section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) made by section 321 of the Illegal
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996
(division C of Public Law 104-208; 110 Stat. 3009-627) shall
continue to apply, whether the conviction was entered before,
on, or after September 30, 1996.
SEC. 302. PRECLUDING ADMISSIBILITY OF ALIENS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED
FELONIES OR OTHER SERIOUS OFFENSES.
(a) Inadmissibility on Criminal and Related Grounds; Waivers.--
Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is
amended--
(1) in subparagraph (a)(2)(A)(i)--
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ``or'' at the
end;
(B) in subclause (II), by adding ``or'' at the end;
and
(C) by inserting after subclause (II) the
following:
``(III) a violation of (or a
conspiracy or attempt to violate) an
offense described in section 408 of
title 42, United States Code (relating
to social security account numbers or
social security cards) or section 1028
of title 18, United States Code
(relating to fraud and related activity
in connection with identification
documents, authentication features, and
information);''.
(2) by adding at the end of subsection (a)(2) the
following:
``(J) Procurement of citizenship or naturalization
unlawfully.--Any alien convicted of, or who admits
having committed, or who admits committing acts which
constitute the essential elements of, a violation of,
or an attempt or a conspiracy to violate, subsection
(a) or (b) of section 1425 of title 18, United States
Code (relating to the procurement of citizenship or
naturalization unlawfully) is inadmissible.
``(K) Certain firearm offenses.--Any alien who at
any time has been convicted under any law of, or who
admits having committed or admits committing acts which
constitute the essential elements of, purchasing,
selling, offering for sale, exchanging, using, owning,
possessing, or carrying, or of attempting or conspiring
to purchase, sell, offer for sale, exchange, use, own,
possess, or carry, any weapon, part, or accessory which
is a firearm or destructive device (as defined in
section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code) in
violation of any law is inadmissible.
``(L) Aggravated felons.--Any alien who has been
convicted of an aggravated felony at any time is
inadmissible.
``(M) Crimes of domestic violence, stalking, or
violation of protection orders, crimes against
children.--
``(i) Domestic violence, stalking, and
child abuse.--Any alien who at any time is
convicted of, or who admits having committed or
admits committing acts which constitute the
essential elements of, a crime of domestic
violence, a crime of stalking, or a crime of
child abuse, child neglect, or child
abandonment is inadmissible. For purposes of
this clause, the term `crime of domestic
violence' means any crime of violence (as
defined in section 16 of title 18, United
States Code) against a person committed by a
current or former spouse of the person, by an
individual with whom the person shares a child
in common, by an individual who is cohabiting
with or has cohabited with the person as a
spouse, by an individual similarly situated to
a spouse of the person under the domestic or
family violence laws of the jurisdiction where
the offense occurs, or by any other individual
against a person who is protected from that
individual's acts under the domestic or family
violence laws of the United States or any
State, Indian tribal government, or unit of
local or foreign government.
``(ii) Violators of protection orders.--Any
alien who at any time is enjoined under a
protection order issued by a court and whom the
court determines has engaged in conduct that
violates the portion of a protection order that
involves protection against credible threats of
violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury
to the person or persons for whom the
protection order was issued is inadmissible.
For purposes of this clause, the term
`protection order' means any injunction issued
for the purpose of preventing violent or
threatening acts of domestic violence,
including temporary or final orders issued by
civil or criminal courts (other than support or
child custody orders or provisions) whether
obtained by filing an independent action or as
a independent order in another proceeding.
``(iii) Waiver authorized.--The waiver
authority available under section 237(a)(7)
with respect to section 237(a)(2)(E)(i) shall
be available on a comparable basis with respect
to this subparagraph.
``(iv) Clarification.--If the conviction
records do not conclusively establish whether a
crime of domestic violence constitutes a crime
of violence (as defined in section 16 of title
18, United States Code), the Attorney General
may consider other evidence related to the
conviction that clearly establishes that the
conduct for which the alien was engaged
constitutes a crime of violence.''; and
(3) in subsection (h)--
(A) by striking ``The Attorney General may, in his
discretion, waive the application of subparagraphs
(A)(i)(I), (B), (D), and (E) of subsection (a)(2)'' and
inserting ``The Attorney General or the Secretary of
Homeland Security may, in the discretion of the
Attorney General or the Secretary, waive the
application of subparagraphs (A)(i)(I), (III), (B),
(D), (E), (K), and (M) of subsection (a)(2)'';
(B) by striking ``a criminal act involving
torture.'' and inserting ``a criminal act involving
torture, or has been convicted of an aggravated
felony.'';
(C) by striking ``if either since the date of such
admission the alien has been convicted of an aggravated
felony or the alien'' and inserting ``if since the date
of such admission the alien''; and
(D) by inserting ``or Secretary of Homeland
Security'' after ``the Attorney General'' wherever that
phrase appears.
(b) Deportability; Criminal Offenses.--Section 237(a)(3)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(3)(B)) is amended--
(1) in clause (ii), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in clause (iii), by inserting ``or'' at the end; and
(3) by inserting after clause (iii) the following:
``(iv) of a violation of, or an attempt or
a conspiracy to violate, section 1425(a) or (b)
of Title 18 (relating to the procurement of
citizenship or naturalization unlawfully),''.
(c) Deportability; Criminal Offenses.--Section 237(a)(2) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(G) Any alien who at any time after admission has
been convicted of a violation of (or a conspiracy or
attempt to violate) section 408 of title 42, United
States Code (relating to social security account
numbers or social security cards) or section 1028 of
title 18, United States Code (relating to fraud and
related activity in connection with identification) is
deportable.''.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply--
(1) to any act that occurred before, on, or after the date
of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) to all aliens who are required to establish
admissibility on or after such date, and in all removal,
deportation, or exclusion proceedings that are filed, pending,
or reopened, on or after such date.
(e) Construction.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall not
be construed to create eligibility for relief from removal under former
section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act where such
eligibility did not exist before these amendments became effective.
SEC. 303. ESPIONAGE CLARIFICATION.
Section 212(a)(3)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(A)), is amended to read as follows:
``(A) Any alien who a consular officer, the
Attorney General, or the Secretary of Homeland Security
knows, or has reasonable ground to believe, seeks to
enter the United States to engage solely, principally,
or incidentally in, or who is engaged in, or with
respect to clauses (i) and (iii) of this subparagraph
has engaged in--
``(i) any activity--
``(I) to violate any law of the
United States relating to espionage or
sabotage; or
``(II) to violate or evade any law
prohibiting the export from the United
States of goods, technology, or
sensitive information;
``(ii) any other unlawful activity; or
``(iii) any activity a purpose of which is
the opposition to, or the control or overthrow
of, the Government of the United States by
force, violence, or other unlawful means;
is inadmissible.''.
SEC. 304. PROHIBITION OF THE SALE OF FIREARMS TO, OR THE POSSESSION OF
FIREARMS BY, CERTAIN ALIENS.
Section 922 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(5), in subparagraph (B), by striking
``(y)(2)'' and all that follows and inserting ``(y), is in the
United States not as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence'';
(2) in subsection (g)(5), in subparagraph (B), by striking
``(y)(2)'' and all that follows and inserting ``(y), is in the
United States not as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence''; and
(3) in subsection (y)--
(A) in the header, by striking ``Admitted Under
Nonimmigrant Visas.--'' and inserting ``Not Lawfully
Admitted for Permanent Residence'';
(B) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (B)
to read as follows:
``(B) the term `lawfully admitted for permanent
residence' has the same meaning as in section
101(a)(20) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(20).''.
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ``under a
nonimmigrant visa'' and inserting ``but not lawfully
admitted for permanent residence''; and
(D) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``admitted to
the United States under a nonimmigrant visa'' and
inserting ``lawfully admitted to the United States but
not as an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence''.
SEC. 305. UNIFORM STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRATION,
NATURALIZATION, AND PEONAGE OFFENSES.
Section 3291 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``No person'' through the period at the end and inserting the
following: ``No person shall be prosecuted, tried, or punished for a
violation of any section of chapters 69 (relating to nationality and
citizenship offenses) and 75 (relating to passport, visa, and
immigration offenses), or for a violation of any criminal provision of
sections 243, 266, 274, 275, 276, 277, or 278 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, or for an attempt or conspiracy to violate any such
section, unless the indictment is returned or the information is filed
within ten years after the commission of the offense.''.
SEC. 306. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO THE DEFINITION OF RACKETEERING
ACTIVITY.
Section 1961(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``section 1542'' through ``section 1546 (relating to fraud and
misuse of visas, permits, and other documents)'' and inserting
``sections 1541-1548 (relating to passports and visas)''.
SEC. 307. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS FOR THE AGGRAVATED FELONY DEFINITION.
(a) In General.--Subparagraph (P) of section 101(a)(43) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(i) which either is falsely making,
forging, counterfeiting, mutilating, or altering a passport or
instrument in violation of section 1543 of title 18, United
States Code, or is described in section 1546(a) of such title
(relating to document fraud) and (ii)'' and inserting ``which
is described in any section of chapter 75 of title 18, United
States Code,''; and
(2) by inserting after ``first offense'' the following:
``(i) that is not described in section 1548 of such title
(relating to increased penalties), and (ii)''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to
acts that occur before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 308. PRECLUDING REFUGEE OR ASYLEE ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS FOR
AGGRAVATED FELONS.
(a) In General.--Section 209(c) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1159(c)) is amended by adding at the end thereof the
following: ``However, an alien who is convicted of an aggravated felony
is not eligible for a waiver or for adjustment of status under this
section.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply--
(1) to any act that occurred before, on, or after the date
of the enactment of this Act; and
(2) to all aliens who are required to establish
admissibility on or after such date, and in all removal,
deportation, or exclusion proceedings that are filed, pending,
or reopened, on or after such date.
SEC. 309. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY OF DRUNK DRIVERS.
(a) In General.--Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'';
(2) in subparagraph (U); by striking the period at the end
and inserting ``; and''; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (U) the following:.
``(V) A second conviction for driving while intoxicated
(including a conviction for driving while under the influence
of or impaired by alcohol or drugs) without regard to whether
the conviction is classified as a misdemeanor or felony under
State law.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply to
convictions entered on or after such date.
SEC. 310. DETENTION OF DANGEROUS ALIENS.
(a) In General.--Section 241(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place it appears,
except for the first reference in paragraph (4)(B)(i), and
inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security'';
(2) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (B) to read
as follows:
``(B) Beginning of period.--The removal period
begins on the latest of the following:
``(i) The date the order of removal becomes
administratively final.
``(ii) If the alien is not in the custody
of the Secretary on the date the order of
removal becomes administratively final, the
date the alien is taken into such custody.
``(iii) If the alien is detained or
confined (except under an immigration process)
on the date the order of removal becomes
administratively final, the date the alien is
taken into the custody of the Secretary, after
the alien is released from such detention or
confinement.'';
(3) in paragraph (1), by amending subparagraph (C) to read
as follows:
``(C) Suspension of period.--
``(i) Extension.--The removal period shall
be extended beyond a period of 90 days and the
Secretary may, in the Secretary's sole
discretion, keep the alien in detention during
such extended period if--
``(I) the alien fails or refuses to
make all reasonable efforts to comply
with the removal order, or to fully
cooperate with the Secretary's efforts
to establish the alien's identity and
carry out the removal order, including
making timely application in good faith
for travel or other documents necessary
to the alien's departure or conspires
or acts to prevent the alien's removal
that is subject to an order of removal;
``(II) a court, the Board of
Immigration Appeals, or an immigration
judge orders a stay of removal of an
alien who is subject to an
administratively final order of
removal;
``(III) the Secretary transfers
custody of the alien pursuant to law to
another Federal agency or a State or
local government agency in connection
with the official duties of such
agency; or
``(IV) a court or the Board of
Immigration Appeals orders a remand to
an immigration judge or the Board of
Immigration Appeals, during the time
period when the case is pending a
decision on remand (with the removal
period beginning anew on the date that
the alien is ordered removed on
remand).
``(ii) Renewal.--If the removal period has
been extended under clause (C)(i), a new
removal period shall be deemed to have begun on
the date--
``(I) the alien makes all
reasonable efforts to comply with the
removal order, or to fully cooperate
with the Secretary's efforts to
establish the alien's identity and
carry out the removal order;
``(II) the stay of removal is no
longer in effect; or
``(III) the alien is returned to
the custody of the Secretary.
``(iii) Mandatory detention for certain
aliens.--In the case of an alien described in
subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section
236(c)(1), the Secretary shall keep that alien
in detention during the extended period
described in clause (i).
``(iv) Sole form of relief.--An alien may
seek relief from detention under this
subparagraph only by filing an application for
a writ of habeas corpus in accordance with
chapter 153 of title 28, United States Code. No
alien whose period of detention is extended
under this subparagraph shall have the right to
seek release on bond.'';
(4) in paragraph (3)--
(A) by adding after ``If the alien does not leave
or is not removed within the removal period'' the
following: ``or is not detained pursuant to paragraph
(6) of this subsection''; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting the
following:
``(D) to obey reasonable restrictions on the
alien's conduct or activities that the Secretary
prescribes for the alien, in order to prevent the alien
from absconding, for the protection of the community,
or for other purposes related to the enforcement of the
immigration laws.'';
(5) in paragraph (4)(A), by striking ``paragraph (2)'' and
inserting ``subparagraph (B)''; and
(6) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the following:
``(6) Additional rules for detention or release of certain
aliens.--
``(A) Detention review process for cooperative
aliens established.--For an alien who is not otherwise
subject to mandatory detention, who has made all
reasonable efforts to comply with a removal order and
to cooperate fully with the Secretary of Homeland
Security's efforts to establish the alien's identity
and carry out the removal order, including making
timely application in good faith for travel or other
documents necessary to the alien's departure, and who
has not conspired or acted to prevent removal, the
Secretary shall establish an administrative review
process to determine whether the alien should be
detained or released on conditions. The Secretary shall
make a determination whether to release an alien after
the removal period in accordance with subparagraph (B).
The determination shall include consideration of any
evidence submitted by the alien, and may include
consideration of any other evidence, including any
information or assistance provided by the Secretary of
State or other Federal official and any other
information available to the Secretary of Homeland
Security pertaining to the ability to remove the alien.
``(B) Authority to detain beyond removal period.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary of
Homeland Security, in the exercise of the
Secretary's sole discretion, may continue to
detain an alien for 90 days beyond the removal
period (including any extension of the removal
period as provided in paragraph (1)(C)). An
alien whose detention is extended under this
subparagraph shall have no right to seek
release on bond.
``(ii) Specific circumstances.--The
Secretary of Homeland Security, in the exercise
of the Secretary's sole discretion, may
continue to detain an alien beyond the 90 days
authorized in clause (i)--
``(I) until the alien is removed,
if the Secretary, in the Secretary's
sole discretion, determines that there
is a significant likelihood that the
alien--
``(aa) will be removed in
the reasonably foreseeable
future; or
``(bb) would be removed in
the reasonably foreseeable
future, or would have been
removed, but for the alien's
failure or refusal to make all
reasonable efforts to comply
with the removal order, or to
cooperate fully with the
Secretary's efforts to
establish the alien's identity
and carry out the removal
order, including making timely
application in good faith for
travel or other documents
necessary to the alien's
departure, or conspires or acts
to prevent removal;
``(II) until the alien is removed,
if the Secretary of Homeland Security
certifies in writing--
``(aa) in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and
Human Services, that the alien
has a highly contagious disease
that poses a threat to public
safety;
``(bb) after receipt of a
written recommendation from the
Secretary of State, that
release of the alien is likely
to have serious adverse foreign
policy consequences for the
United States;
``(cc) based on information
available to the Secretary of
Homeland Security (including
classified, sensitive, or
national security information,
and without regard to the
grounds upon which the alien
was ordered removed), that
there is reason to believe that
the release of the alien would
threaten the national security
of the United States; or
``(dd) that the release of
the alien will threaten the
safety of the community or any
person, conditions of release
cannot reasonably be expected
to ensure the safety of the
community or any person, and
either (AA) the alien has been
convicted of one or more
aggravated felonies (as defined
in section 101(a)(43)(A)) or of
one or more crimes identified
by the Secretary of Homeland
Security by regulation, or of
one or more attempts or
conspiracies to commit any such
aggravated felonies or such
identified crimes, if the
aggregate term of imprisonment
for such attempts or
conspiracies is at least 5
years; or (BB) the alien has
committed one or more crimes of
violence (as defined in section
16 of title 18, United States
Code, but not including a
purely political offense) and,
because of a mental condition
or personality disorder and
behavior associated with that
condition or disorder, the
alien is likely to engage in
acts of violence in the future;
or
``(III) pending a certification
under subclause (II), so long as the
Secretary of Homeland Security has
initiated the administrative review
process not later than 30 days after
the expiration of the removal period
(including any extension of the removal
period, as provided in paragraph
(1)(C)).
``(iii) No right to bond hearing.--An alien
whose detention is extended under this
subparagraph shall have no right to seek
release on bond, including by reason of a
certification under clause (ii)(II).
``(C) Renewal and delegation of certification.--
``(i) Renewal.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security may renew a certification under
subparagraph (B)(ii)(II) every 6 months, after
providing an opportunity for the alien to
request reconsideration of the certification
and to submit documents or other evidence in
support of that request. If the Secretary does
not renew a certification, the Secretary may
not continue to detain the alien under
subparagraph (B)(ii)(II).
``(ii) Delegation.--Notwithstanding section
103, the Secretary of Homeland Security may not
delegate the authority to make or renew a
certification described in item (bb), (cc), or
(dd) of subparagraph (B)(ii)(II) below the
level of the Assistant Secretary for
Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
``(iii) Hearing.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security may request that the Attorney General
or the Attorney General's designee provide for
a hearing to make the determination described
in item (dd)(BB) of subparagraph (B)(ii)(II).
``(D) Release on conditions.--If it is determined
that an alien should be released from detention by a
Federal court, the Board of Immigration Appeals, or if
an immigration judge orders a stay of removal, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, in the exercise of the
Secretary's discretion, may impose conditions on
release as provided in paragraph (3).
``(E) Redetention.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security, in the exercise of the Secretary's
discretion, without any limitations other than those
specified in this section, may again detain any alien
subject to a final removal order who is released from
custody, if removal becomes likely in the reasonably
foreseeable future, the alien fails to comply with the
conditions of release, or to continue to satisfy the
conditions described in subparagraph (A), or if, upon
reconsideration, the Secretary, in the Secretary's sole
discretion, determines that the alien can be detained
under subparagraph (B). This section shall apply to any
alien returned to custody pursuant to this
subparagraph, as if the removal period terminated on
the day of the redetention.
``(F) Review of determinations by secretary.--A
determination by the Secretary under this paragraph
shall not be subject to review by any other agency.''.
(b) Detention of Aliens During Removal Proceedings.--
(1) Clerical amendment.--(A) Section 236 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is amended by striking
``Attorney General'' each place it appears (except in the
second place that term appears in section 236(a)) and inserting
``Secretary of Homeland Security''.
(B) Section 236(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(a)) is
amended by inserting ``the Secretary of Homeland Security or''
before ``the Attorney General--''.
(C) Section 236(e) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(e)) is
amended by striking ``Attorney General's'' and inserting
``Secretary of Homeland Security's''.
(2) Length of detention.--Section 236 of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1226) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Length of Detention.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this section, an alien may be detained under this section for
any period, without limitation, except as provided in
subsection (h), until the alien is subject to a final order of
removal.
``(2) Construction.--The length of detention under this
section shall not affect detention under section 241.''.
(3) Detention of criminal aliens.--Section 236(c)(1) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) is
amended, in the matter following subparagraph (D) to read as
follows:
``any time after the alien is released, without regard to
whether an alien is released related to any activity, offense,
or conviction described in this paragraph; to whether the alien
is released on parole, supervised release, or probation; or to
whether the alien may be arrested or imprisoned again for the
same offense. If the activity described in this paragraph does
not result in the alien being taken into custody by any person
other than the Secretary, then when the alien is brought to the
attention of the Secretary or when the Secretary determines it
is practical to take such alien into custody, the Secretary
shall take such alien into custody.''.
(4) Administrative review.--Section 236 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226), as amended by paragraph
(2), is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Administrative Review.--
``(1) In general.--The Attorney General's review of the
Secretary's custody determinations under subsection (a) for the
following classes of aliens shall be limited to whether the
alien may be detained, released on bond (of at least $1,500
with security approved by the Secretary), or released with no
bond:
``(A) Aliens in exclusion proceedings.
``(B) Aliens described in section 212(a)(3) or
237(a)(4).
``(C) Aliens described in subsection (c).
``(2) Special rule.--The Attorney General's review of the
Secretary's custody determinations under subsection (a) for
aliens in deportation proceedings subject to section 242(a)(2)
of the Act (as in effect prior to April 1, 1997, and as amended
by section 440(c) of Public Law 104-132) shall be limited to a
determination of whether the alien is properly included in such
category.
``(h) Release on Bond.--
``(1) In general.--An alien detained under subsection (a)
may seek release on bond. No bond may be granted except to an
alien who establishes by clear and convincing evidence that the
alien is not a flight risk or a risk to another person or the
community.
``(2) Certain aliens ineligible.--No alien detained under
subsection (c) may seek release on bond.''.
(5) Clerical amendments.--(A) Section 236(a)(2)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(a)(2)(B)) is
amended by striking ``conditional parole'' and inserting
``recognizance''.
(B) Section 236(b) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(b)) is
amended by striking ``parole'' and inserting ``recognizance''.
(c) Severability.--If any of the provisions of this section or any
amendment by this section, or the application of any such provision to
any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid for any reason, the
remainder of this section and of amendments made by this section, and
the application of the provisions and of the amendments made by this
section to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected by
such holding.
(d) Effective Dates.--
(1) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect
upon the date of enactment of this Act, and section 241 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act, as so amended, shall in
addition apply to--
(A) all aliens subject to a final administrative
removal, deportation, or exclusion order that was
issued before, on, or after the date of the enactment
of this Act; and
(B) acts and conditions occurring or existing
before, on, or after such date.
(2) The amendments made by subsection (b) shall take effect
upon the date of the enactment of this Act, and section 236 of
the Immigration and Nationality Act, as so amended, shall in
addition apply to any alien in detention under provisions of
such section on or after such date.
SEC. 311. GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY FOR ALIEN GANG
MEMBERS.
(a) Definition of Gang Member.--Section 101(a) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(53)(A) The term `criminal gang' means an ongoing group, club,
organization, or association of 5 or more persons that has as one of
its primary purposes the commission of 1 or more of the following
criminal offenses and the members of which engage, or have engaged
within the past 5 years, in a continuing series of such offenses, or
that has been designated as a criminal gang by the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, as
meeting these criteria. The offenses described, whether in violation of
Federal or State law or foreign law and regardless of whether the
offenses occurred before, on, or after the date of the enactment of
this paragraph, are the following:
``(i) A `felony drug offense' (as defined in section 102 of
the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)).
``(ii) An offense under section 274 (relating to bringing
in and harboring certain aliens), section 277 (relating to
aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter the United States),
or section 278 (relating to importation of alien for immoral
purpose).
``(iii) A crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of
title 18, United States Code).
``(iv) A crime involving obstruction of justice, tampering
with or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant, or
burglary.
``(v) Any conduct punishable under sections 1028 and 1029
of title 18, United States Code (relating to fraud and related
activity in connection with identification documents or access
devices), sections 1581 through 1594 of such title (relating to
peonage, slavery and trafficking in persons), section 1952 of
such title (relating to interstate and foreign travel or
transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises), section
1956 of such title (relating to the laundering of monetary
instruments), section 1957 of such title (relating to engaging
in monetary transactions in property derived from specified
unlawful activity), or sections 2312 through 2315 of such title
(relating to interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles
or stolen property).
``(vi) A conspiracy to commit an offense described in
clauses (i) through (v).
``(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law (including any
effective date), the term applies regardless of whether the conduct
occurred before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this
paragraph.''.
(b) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1182(a)(2)), as amended by section 302(a)(2) of this Act, is further
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(N) Aliens associated with criminal gangs.--Any
alien is inadmissible who a consular officer, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Attorney General
knows or has reason to believe--
``(i) to be or to have been a member of a
criminal gang (as defined in section
101(a)(53)); or
``(ii) to have participated in the
activities of a criminal gang (as defined in
section 101(a)(53)), knowing or having reason
to know that such activities will promote,
further, aid, or support the illegal activity
of the criminal gang.''.
(c) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)), as amended by section 302(c) of
this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(H) Aliens associated with criminal gangs.--Any
alien is deportable who the Secretary of Homeland
Security or the Attorney General knows or has reason to
believe--
``(i) is or has been a member of a criminal
gang (as defined in section 101(a)(53)); or
``(ii) has participated in the activities
of a criminal gang (as so defined), knowing or
having reason to know that such activities will
promote, further, aid, or support the illegal
activity of the criminal gang.''.
(d) Designation.--
(1) In general.--Chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended by inserting
after section 219 the following:
``designation
``Sec. 220. (a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security,
in consultation with the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State
may designate a groups or association as a criminal street gangs if
their conduct is described in section 101(a)(53) or if the group or
association conduct poses a significant risk that threatens the
security and the public safety of United States nationals or the
national security, homeland security, foreign policy, or economy of the
United States.
``(b) Effective Date.--Designations under subsection (a) shall
remain in effect until the designation is revoked after consultation
between the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Attorney General, and
the Secretary of State or is terminated in accordance with Federal
law.''.
(2) Clerical amendment.--The table of contents for such Act
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 219
the following:
``220. Designation.''.
(e) Mandatory Detention of Criminal Street Gang Members.--
(1) In general.--Section 236(c)(1)(D) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)(D)) is amended--
(A) by inserting ``or 212(a)(2)(N)'' after
``212(a)(3)(B)''; and
(B) by inserting ``or 237(a)(2)(H)'' before
``237(a)(4)(B)''.
(2) Annual report.--Not later than March 1 of each year
(beginning 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act),
the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the
appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the
Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and
of the Senate on the number of aliens detained under the
amendments made by paragraph (1).
(f) Asylum Claims Based on Gang Affiliation.--
(1) Inapplicability of restriction on removal to certain
countries.--Section 241(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(b)(3)(B)) is amended, in the
matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``who is described in
section 212(a)(2)(N)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(H)(i) or who is''
after ``to an alien''.
(2) Ineligibility for asylum.--Section 208(b)(2)(A) of such
Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
(A) in clause (v), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(B) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii);
and
(C) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
``(vi) the alien is described in section
212(a)(2)(N)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(H)(i)
(relating to participation in criminal street
gangs); or''.
(g) Temporary Protected Status.--Section 244 of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1254a) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place it appears
and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security'';
(2) in subparagraph (c)(2)(B), by adding at the end the
following:
``(iii) the alien is, or at any time after
admission has been, a member of a criminal gang
(as defined in section 101(a)(53)).''; and
(3) in subsection (d)----
(A) by striking paragraph (3); and
(B) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the
following: ``The Secretary of Homeland Security may
detain an alien provided temporary protected status
under this section whenever appropriate under any other
provision of law.''.
(h) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to acts
that occur before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 312. EXTENSION OF IDENTITY THEFT OFFENSES.
(a) Fraud and Related Activities Relating to Identification
Documents.--Section 1028 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in
subsection (a)(7), by striking ``of another person'' and inserting
``that is not his or her own''.
(b) Aggravated Identity Theft.--Section 1028A(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended by striking ``of another person'' both
places it appears and inserting ``that is not his or her own''.
SEC. 313. LAUNDERING OF MONETARY INSTRUMENTS.
(a) Additional Predicate Offenses.--Section 1956(c)(7)(D) of title
18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by inserting ``section 1590 (relating to trafficking
with respect to peonage, slavery, involuntary servitude, or
forced labor),'' after ``section 1363 (relating to destruction
of property within the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction),''; and
(2) by inserting ``section 274(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.1324(a)) (relating to bringing in and
harboring certain aliens),'' after ``section 590 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1590) (relating to aviation
smuggling),''.
(b) Intent To Conceal or Disguise.--Section 1956(a) of title 18,
United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1) so that subparagraph (B) reads as
follows:
``(B) knowing that the transaction--
``(i) conceals or disguises, or is intended
to conceal or disguise, the nature, source,
location, ownership, or control of the proceeds
of some form of unlawful activity; or
``(ii) avoids, or is intended to avoid, a
transaction reporting requirement under State
or Federal law,''; and
(2) in paragraph (2) so that subparagraph (B) reads as
follows:
``(B) knowing that the monetary instrument or funds
involved in the transportation, transmission, or
transfer represent the proceeds of some form of
unlawful activity, and knowing that such
transportation, transmission, or transfer--
``(i) conceals or disguises, or is intended
to conceal or disguise, the nature, source,
location, ownership, or control of the proceeds
of some form of unlawful activity; or
``(ii) avoids, or is intended to avoid, a
transaction reporting requirement under State
or Federal law,''.
SEC. 314. INCREASED CRIMINAL PENALTIES RELATING TO ALIEN SMUGGLING AND
RELATED OFFENSES.
(a) In General.--Section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1324), is amended to read as follows:
``SEC. 274. ALIEN SMUGGLING AND RELATED OFFENSES.
``(a) Criminal Offenses and Penalties.--
``(1) Prohibited activities.--Except as provided in
paragraph (3), a person shall be punished as provided under
paragraph (2), if the person--
``(A) facilitates, encourages, directs, or induces
a person to come to or enter the United States, or to
cross the border to the United States, knowing or in
reckless disregard of the fact that such person is an
alien who lacks lawful authority to come to, enter, or
cross the border to the United States;
``(B) facilitates, encourages, directs, or induces
a person to come to or enter the United States, or to
cross the border to the United States, at a place other
than a designated port of entry or place other than as
designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security,
knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such
person is an alien and regardless of whether such alien
has official permission or lawful authority to be in
the United States;
``(C) transports, moves, harbors, conceals, or
shields from detection a person outside of the United
States knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact
that such person is an alien in unlawful transit from
one country to another or on the high seas, under
circumstances in which the alien is seeking to enter
the United States without official permission or lawful
authority;
``(D) encourages or induces a person to reside in
the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of
the fact that such person is an alien who lacks lawful
authority to reside in the United States;
``(E) transports or moves a person in the United
States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact
that such person is an alien who lacks lawful authority
to enter or be in the United States, if the
transportation or movement will further the alien's
illegal entry into or illegal presence in the United
States;
``(F) harbors, conceals, or shields from detection
a person in the United States, knowing or in reckless
disregard of the fact that such person is an alien who
lacks lawful authority to be in the United States; or
``(G) conspires or attempts to commit any of the
acts described in subparagraphs (A) through (F).
``(2) Criminal penalties.--A person who violates any
provision under paragraph (1) shall, for each alien in respect
to whom a violation of paragraph (1) occurs--
``(A) except as provided in subparagraphs (C)
through (G), if the violation was not committed for
commercial advantage, profit, or private financial
gain, be fined under title 18, United States Code,
imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both;
``(B) except as provided in subparagraphs (C)
through (G), if the violation was committed for
commercial advantage, profit, or private financial
gain--
``(i) be fined under such title, imprisoned
for not more than 20 years, or both, if the
violation is the offender's first violation
under this subparagraph; or
``(ii) be fined under such title,
imprisoned for not less than 3 years or more
than 20 years, or both, if the violation is the
offender's second or subsequent violation of
this subparagraph;
``(C) if the violation furthered or aided the
commission of any other offense against the United
States or any State that is punishable by imprisonment
for more than 1 year, be fined under such title,
imprisoned for not less than 5 years or more than 20
years, or both;
``(D) be fined under such title, imprisoned not
less than 5 years or more than 20 years, or both, if
the violation created a substantial and foreseeable
risk of death, a substantial and foreseeable risk of
serious bodily injury (as defined in section 2119(2) of
title 18, United States Code), or inhumane conditions
to another person, including--
``(i) transporting the person in an engine
compartment, storage compartment, or other
confined space;
``(ii) transporting the person at an
excessive speed or in excess of the rated
capacity of the means of transportation; or
``(iii) transporting the person in,
harboring the person in, or otherwise
subjecting the person to crowded or dangerous
conditions;
``(E) if the violation caused serious bodily injury
(as defined in section 2119(2) of title 18, United
States Code) to any person, be fined under such title,
imprisoned for not less than 7 years or more than 30
years, or both;
``(F) be fined under such title and imprisoned for
not less than 10 years or more than 30 years if the
violation involved an alien who the offender knew or
had reason to believe was--
``(i) engaged in terrorist activity (as
defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)); or
``(ii) intending to engage in terrorist
activity;
``(G) if the violation caused or resulted in the
death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned
for a term of years not less than 10 years and up to
life, and fined under title 18, United States Code.
``(3) Limitation.--It is not a violation of subparagraph
(D), (E), or (F) of paragraph (1) for a religious denomination
having a bona fide nonprofit, religious organization in the
United States, or the agents or officers of such denomination
or organization, to encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable
an alien who is present in the United States to perform the
vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or
organization in the United States as a volunteer who is not
compensated as an employee, notwithstanding the provision of
room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic living
expenses, provided the minister or missionary has been a member
of the denomination for at least 1 year.
``(4) Extraterritorial jurisdiction.--There is
extraterritorial Federal jurisdiction over the offenses
described in this subsection.
``(b) Seizure and Forfeiture.--
``(1) In general.--Any real or personal property used to
commit or facilitate the commission of a violation of this
section, the gross proceeds of such violation, and any property
traceable to such property or proceeds, shall be subject to
forfeiture.
``(2) Applicable procedures.--Seizures and forfeitures
under this subsection shall be governed by the provisions of
chapter 46 of title 18, United States Code, relating to civil
forfeitures, except that such duties as are imposed upon the
Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws described in
section 981(d) shall be performed by such officers, agents, and
other persons as may be designated for that purpose by the
Secretary of Homeland Security.
``(3) Prima facie evidence in determinations of
violations.--In determining whether a violation of subsection
(a) has occurred, prima facie evidence that an alien involved
in the alleged violation lacks lawful authority to come to,
enter, reside in, remain in, or be in the United States or that
such alien had come to, entered, resided in, remained in, or
been present in the United States in violation of law may
include:
``(A) any order, finding, or determination
concerning the alien's status or lack of status made by
a Federal judge or administrative adjudicator
(including an immigration judge or immigration officer)
during any judicial or administrative proceeding
authorized under Federal immigration law;
``(B) official records of the Department of
Homeland Security, the Department of Justice, or the
Department of State concerning the alien's status or
lack of status; and
``(C) testimony by an immigration officer having
personal knowledge of the facts concerning the alien's
status or lack of status.
``(c) Authority To Arrest.--No officer or person shall have
authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this
section except:
``(1) officers and employees designated by the Secretary of
Homeland Security, either individually or as a member of a
class; and
``(2) other officers responsible for the enforcement of
Federal criminal laws.
``(d) Admissibility of Videotaped Witness Testimony.--
Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the
videotaped or otherwise audiovisually preserved deposition of a witness
to a violation of subsection (a) who has been deported or otherwise
expelled from the United States, or is otherwise unavailable to
testify, may be admitted into evidence in an action brought for that
violation if:
``(1) the witness was available for cross examination at
the deposition by the party, if any, opposing admission of the
testimony; and
``(2) the deposition otherwise complies with the Federal
Rules of Evidence.
``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Cross the border to the united states.--The term
`cross the border' refers to the physical act of crossing the
border, regardless of whether the alien is free from official
restraint.
``(2) Lawful authority.--The term `lawful authority' means
permission, authorization, or license that is expressly
provided for in the immigration laws of the United States or
accompanying regulations. The term does not include any such
authority secured by fraud or otherwise obtained in violation
of law or authority sought, but not approved. No alien shall be
deemed to have lawful authority to come to, enter, reside in,
remain in, or be in the United States if such coming to, entry,
residence, remaining, or presence was, is, or would be in
violation of law.
``(3) Proceeds.--The term `proceeds' includes any property
or interest in property obtained or retained as a consequence
of an act or omission in violation of this section.
``(4) Unlawful transit.--The term `unlawful transit' means
travel, movement, or temporary presence that violates the laws
of any country in which the alien is present or any country
from which or to which the alien is traveling or moving.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Immigration
and Nationality Act is amended by striking the item relating to section
274 and inserting the following:
``Sec. 274. Alien smuggling and related offenses.''.
(c) Prohibiting Carrying or Using a Firearm During and in Relation
to an Alien Smuggling Crime.--Section 924(c) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)----
(i) by inserting ``, alien smuggling
crime,'' after ``any crime of violence''; and
(ii) by inserting ``, alien smuggling
crime,'' after ``such crime of violence''; and
(B) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by inserting ``, alien
smuggling crime,'' after ``crime of violence''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(6) For purposes of this subsection, the term `alien
smuggling crime' means any felony punishable under section
274(a), 277, or 278 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1324(a), 1327, and 1328).''.
SEC. 315. PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY.
(a) In General.--Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended to read as follows:
``illegal entry
``Sec. 275. (a) In General.--
``(1) Illegal entry.--An alien shall be subject to the
penalties set forth in paragraph (2) if the alien:
``(A) knowingly enters or crosses the border into
the United States at any time or place other than as
designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security;
``(B) knowingly eludes, at any time or place,
examination or inspection by an authorized immigration,
customs, or agriculture officer (including by failing
to stop at the command of such officer);
``(C) knowingly enters or crosses the border to the
United States and, upon examination or inspection,
knowingly makes a false or misleading representation or
the knowing concealment of a material fact (including
such representation or concealment in the context of
arrival, reporting, entry, or clearance requirements of
the customs laws, immigration laws, agriculture laws,
or shipping laws); or
``(D) knowingly violates for a period of 90 days or
more the terms or conditions of the alien's admission
or parole into the United States.
``(2) Criminal penalties.--Any alien who violates any
provision under paragraph (1):
``(A) shall, for the first violation, be fined
under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more
than 6 months, or both;
``(B) shall, for a second or subsequent violation,
or following an order of voluntary departure, be fined
under such title, imprisoned not more than 2 years, or
both;
``(C) if the violation occurred after the alien had
been convicted of 3 or more misdemeanors or for a
felony, shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not
more than 10 years, or both;
``(D) if the violation occurred after the alien had
been convicted of a felony for which the alien received
a term of imprisonment of not less than 30 months,
shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not more
than 15 years, or both; and
``(E) if the violation occurred after the alien had
been convicted of a felony for which the alien received
a term of imprisonment of not less than 60 months, such
alien shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not
more than 20 years, or both.
``(3) Prior convictions.--The prior convictions described
in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of paragraph (2) are elements
of the offenses described and the penalties in such
subparagraphs shall apply only in cases in which the conviction
or convictions that form the basis for the additional penalty
are--
``(A) alleged in the indictment or information; and
``(B) proven beyond a reasonable doubt at trial or
admitted by the defendant.
``(4) Duration of offense.--An offense under this
subsection continues until the alien is discovered within the
United States by an immigration, customs, or agriculture
officer.
``(5) Attempt.--Whoever attempts to commit any offense
under this section shall be punished in the same manner as for
a completion of such offense.
``(b) Improper Time or Place; Civil Penalties.--
``(1) In general.--Any alien who is apprehended while
entering, attempting to enter, or knowingly crossing or
attempting to cross the border to the United States at a time
or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall
be subject to a civil penalty, in addition to any criminal or
other civil penalties that may be imposed under any other
provision of law, in an amount equal to--
``(A) not less than $50 or more than $250 for each
such entry, crossing, attempted entry, or attempted
crossing; or
``(B) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1)
if the alien had previously been subject to a civil
penalty under this subsection.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Immigration
and Nationality Act is amended by striking the item relating to section
275 and inserting the following:
``275. Illegal entry.''.
SEC. 316. ILLEGAL REENTRY.
Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326)
is amended to read as follows:
``reentry of removed alien
``Sec. 276. (a) Reentry After Removal.--Any alien who has been
denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed, or who has departed
the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal
is outstanding, and subsequently enters, attempts to enter, crosses the
border to, attempts to cross the border to, or is at any time found in
the United States, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code,
imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
``(b) Reentry of Criminal Offenders.--Notwithstanding the penalty
provided in subsection (a), if an alien described in that subsection
was convicted before such removal or departure:
``(1) for 3 or more misdemeanors or for a felony, the alien
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned
not more than 10 years, or both;
``(2) for a felony for which the alien was sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of not less than 30 months, the alien
shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not less than 2
years and not more than 15 years, or both;
``(3) for a felony for which the alien was sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of not less than 60 months, the alien
shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not less than 4
years and not more than 20 years, or both;
``(4) for murder, rape, kidnapping, or a felony offense
described in chapter 77 (relating to peonage and slavery) or
113B (relating to terrorism) of such title, or for 3 or more
felonies of any kind, the alien shall be fined under such
title, imprisoned not less than 5 years and not more than 25
years, or both.
``(c) Reentry After Repeated Removal.--Any alien who has been
denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed 3 or more times and
thereafter enters, attempts to enter, crosses the border to, attempts
to cross the border to, 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.
``(d) Proof of Prior Convictions.--The prior convictions described
in subsection (b) are elements of the crimes described, and the
penalties in that subsection shall apply only in cases in which the
conviction or convictions that form the basis for the additional
penalty are--
``(1) alleged in the indictment or information; and
``(2) proven beyond a reasonable doubt at trial or admitted
by the defendant.
``(e) Affirmative Defenses.--It shall be an affirmative defense to
a violation of this section that--
``(1) prior to the alleged violation, the alien had sought
and received the express consent of the Secretary of Homeland
Security to reapply for admission into the United States; or
``(2) with respect to an alien previously denied admission
and removed, the alien--
``(A) was not required to obtain such advance
consent under the Immigration and Nationality Act or
any prior Act; and
``(B) had complied with all other laws and
regulations governing the alien's admission into the
United States.
``(f) Limitation on Collateral Attack on Underlying Removal
Order.--In a criminal proceeding under this section, an alien may not
challenge the validity of any prior removal order concerning the alien.
``(g) Reentry of Alien Removed Prior to Completion of Term of
Imprisonment.--Any alien removed pursuant to section 241(a)(4) who
enters, attempts to enter, crosses the border to, attempts to cross the
border to, or is at any time found in, the United States shall be
incarcerated for the remainder of the sentence of imprisonment which
was pending at the time of deportation without any reduction for parole
or supervised release unless the alien affirmatively demonstrates that
the Secretary of Homeland Security has expressly consented to the
alien's reentry. Such alien shall be subject to such other penalties
relating to the reentry of removed aliens as may be available under
this section or any other provision of law.
``(h) Definitions.--For purposes of this section and section 275,
the following definitions shall apply:
``(1) Crosses the border to the united states.--The term
`crosses the border' refers to the physical act of crossing the
border, regardless of whether the alien is free from official
restraint.
``(2) Felony.--The term `felony' means any criminal offense
punishable by a term of imprisonment of more than 1 year under
the laws of the United States, any State, or a foreign
government.
``(3) Misdemeanor.--The term `misdemeanor' means any
criminal offense punishable by a term of imprisonment of not
more than 1 year under the applicable laws of the United
States, any State, or a foreign government.
``(4) Removal.--The term `removal' includes any denial of
admission, exclusion, deportation, or removal, or any agreement
by which an alien stipulates or agrees to exclusion,
deportation, or removal.
``(5) State.--The term `State' means a State of the United
States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.''.
SEC. 317. REFORM OF PASSPORT, VISA, AND IMMIGRATION FRAUD OFFENSES.
Chapter 75 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:
``CHAPTER 75--PASSPORTS AND VISAS
``Sec.
``1541. Issuance without authority.
``1542. False statement in application and use of passport.
``1543. Forgery or false use of passport.
``1544. Misuse of a passport.
``1545. Schemes to defraud aliens.
``1546. Immigration and visa fraud.
``1547. Attempts and conspiracies.
``1548. Alternative penalties for certain offenses.
``1549. Definitions.
``Sec. 1541. Issuance without authority
``(a) In General.--Whoever--
``(1) acting or claiming to act in any office or capacity
under the United States, or a State, without lawful authority
grants, issues, or verifies any passport or other instrument in
the nature of a passport to or for any person; or
``(2) being a consular officer authorized to grant, issue,
or verify passports, knowingly grants, issues, or verifies any
such passport to or for any person not owing allegiance, to the
United States, whether a citizen or not;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years,
or both.
``(b) Definition.--In this section, the term `State' means a State
of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth,
territory, or possession of the United States.
``Sec. 1542. False statement in application and use of passport
``Whoever knowingly--
``(1) makes any false statement in an application for
passport with intent to induce or secure the issuance of a
passport under the authority of the United States, either for
his own use or the use of another, contrary to the laws
regulating the issuance of passports or the rules prescribed
pursuant to such laws; or
``(2) uses or attempts to use, or furnishes to another for
use any passport the issue of which was secured in any way by
reason of any false statement;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years,
or both.
``Sec. 1543. Forgery or false use of passport
``Whoever--
``(1) falsely makes, forges, counterfeits, mutilates, or
alters any passport or instrument purporting to be a passport,
with intent that the same may be used; or
``(2) knowingly uses, or attempts to use, or furnishes to
another for use any such false, forged, counterfeited,
mutilated, or altered passport or instrument purporting to be a
passport, or any passport validly issued which has become void
by the occurrence of any condition therein prescribed
invalidating the same;
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 15 years,
or both.
``Sec. 1544. Misuse of a passport
``Whoever knowingly--
``(1) uses any passport issued or designed for the use of
another;
``(2) uses any passport in violation of the conditions or
restrictions therein contained, or in violation of the laws,
regulations, or rules governing the issuance and use of the
passport;
``(3) secures, possesses, uses, receives, buys, sells, or
distributes any passport knowing it to be forged,
counterfeited, altered, falsely made, procured by fraud,
stolen, or produced or issued without lawful authority; or
``(4) violates the terms and conditions of any safe conduct
duly obtained and issued under the authority of the United
States;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or
both.
``Sec. 1545. Schemes to defraud aliens
``Whoever inside the United States, or in or affecting interstate
or foreign commerce, in connection with any matter that is authorized
by or arises under the immigration laws of the United States or any
matter the offender claims or represents is authorized by or arises
under the immigration laws of the United States, knowingly executes a
scheme or artifice--
``(1) to defraud any person, or
``(2) to obtain or receive money or anything else of value
from any person by means of false or fraudulent pretenses,
representations, or promises;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or
both.
``Sec. 1546. Immigration and visa fraud
``Whoever knowingly--
``(1) uses any immigration document issued or designed for
the use of another;
``(2) forges, counterfeits, alters, or falsely makes any
immigration document;
``(3) mails, prepares, presents, or signs any immigration
document knowing it to contain any materially false statement
or representation;
``(4) secures, possesses, uses, transfers, receives, buys,
sells, or distributes any immigration document knowing it to be
forged, counterfeited, altered, falsely made, stolen, procured
by fraud, or produced or issued without lawful authority;
``(5) adopts or uses a false or fictitious name to evade or
to attempt to evade the immigration laws;
``(6) transfers or furnishes, without lawful authority, an
immigration document to another person for use by a person
other than the person for whom the immigration document was
issued or designed; or
``(7) produces, issues, authorizes, or verifies, without
lawful authority, an immigration document;
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or
both.
``Sec. 1547. Attempts and conspiracies
``Whoever attempts or conspires to violate this chapter shall be
punished in the same manner as a person who completes that violation.
``Sec. 1548. Alternative penalties for certain offenses
``(a) Terrorism.--Whoever violates any section in this chapter to
facilitate an act of international terrorism or domestic terrorism (as
such terms are defined in section 2331), shall be fined under this
title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.
``(b) Drug Trafficking Offenses.--Whoever violates any section in
this chapter to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in
section 929(a)) shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than 20 years, or both.
``Sec. 1549. Definitions
``In this chapter:
``(1) An `application for a United States passport'
includes any document, photograph, or other piece of evidence
attached to or submitted in support of the application.
``(2) The term `immigration document' means any instrument
on which is recorded, by means of letters, figures, or marks,
matters which may be used to fulfill any requirement of the
Immigration and Nationality Act.''.
SEC. 318. FORFEITURE.
Section 981(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(I) Any property, real or personal, that has been used to
commit or facilitate the commission of a violation of chapter
75, the gross proceeds of such violation, and any property
traceable to any such property or proceeds.''.
SEC. 319. EXPEDITED REMOVAL FOR ALIENS INADMISSIBLE ON CRIMINAL OR
SECURITY GROUNDS.
(a) In General.--Section 238(b) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1228(b)) is amended-
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting
``Secretary of Homeland Security in the exercise of
discretion''; and
(B) by striking ``set forth in this subsection or''
and inserting ``set forth in this subsection, in lieu
of removal proceedings under'';
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``paragraph (1) until 14
calendar days'' and inserting ``paragraph (1) or (3) until 7
calendar days'';
(3) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place it appears
in paragraphs (3) and (4) and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland
Security'';
(4) in paragraph (5)--
(A) by striking ``described in this section'' and
inserting ``described in paragraph (1) or (2)''; and
(B) by striking ``the Attorney General may grant in
the Attorney General's discretion'' and inserting ``the
Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General
may grant, in the discretion of the Secretary or
Attorney General, in any proceeding'';
(5) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as
paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respectively; and
(6) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new
paragraph:
``(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security in the exercise of
discretion may determine inadmissibility under section
212(a)(2) (relating to criminal offenses) and issue an order of
removal pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
subsection, in lieu of removal proceedings under section 240,
with respect to an alien who
``(A) has not been admitted or paroled;
``(B) has not been found to have a credible fear of
persecution pursuant to the procedures set forth in
section 235(b)(1)(B); and
``(C) is not eligible for a waiver of
inadmissibility or relief from removal.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act but shall not
apply to aliens who are in removal proceedings under section 240 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act as of such date.
SEC. 320. INCREASED PENALTIES BARRING THE ADMISSION OF CONVICTED SEX
OFFENDERS FAILING TO REGISTER AND REQUIRING DEPORTATION
OF SEX OFFENDERS FAILING TO REGISTER.
(a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)(i)), as amended by section
302(a) of this Act, is further amended--
(1) in subclause (II), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) in subclause (III), by adding ``or'' at the end; and
(3) by inserting after subclause (III) the following:
``(IV) a violation of section 2250
of title 18, United States Code
(relating to failure to register as a
sex offender);''.
(b) Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1227(a)(2)), as amended by sections 302(c) and 311(c) of this Act, is
further amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (v); and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(I) Any alien convicted of, or who admits having
committed, or who admits committing acts which
constitute the essential elements of a violation of
section 2250 of title 18, United States Code (relating
to failure to register as a sex offender) is
deportable.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to acts
that occur before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 321. PROTECTING IMMIGRANTS FROM CONVICTED SEX OFFENDERS.
(a) Immigrants.--Section 204(a)(1) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154(a)(1)), is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by amending clause (viii) to read
as follows:
``(viii) Clause (i) shall not apply to a citizen of the United
States who has been convicted of an offense described in subparagraph
(A), (I), or (K) of section 101(a)(43), unless the Secretary of
Homeland Security, in the Secretary's sole and unreviewable discretion,
determines that the citizen poses no risk to the alien with respect to
whom a petition described in clause (i) is filed.''; and
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)--
(A) by redesignating the second subclause (I) as
subclause (II); and
(B) by amending such subclause (II) to read as
follows:
``(II) Subclause (I) shall not apply in the case of an alien
admitted for permanent residence who has been convicted of an offense
described in subparagraph (A), (I), or (K) of section 101(a)(43),
unless the Secretary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary's sole and
unreviewable discretion, determines that the alien lawfully admitted
for permanent residence poses no risk to the alien with respect to whom
a petition described in subclause (I) is filed.''.
(b) Nonimmigrants.--Section 101(a)(15)(K) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(K)), is amended by striking ``204(a)(1)(A)(viii)(I))'' each
place such term appears and inserting ``204(a)(1)(A)(viii))''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to
petitions filed on or after such date.
SEC. 322. CLARIFICATION TO CRIMES OF VIOLENCE AND CRIMES INVOLVING
MORAL TURPITUDE.
(a) Inadmissible Aliens.--Section 212(a)(2)(A) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(A)) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(iii) Clarification.--If the conviction
records do not conclusively establish whether a
crime constitutes a crime involving moral
turpitude, the Attorney General may consider
other evidence related to the conviction that
clearly establishes that the conduct for which
the alien was engaged constitutes a crime
involving moral turpitude.''.
(b) Deportable Aliens.--
(1) General crimes.--Section 237(a)(2)(A) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)), as amended by section 320(b) of this
Act, is further amended by inserting after clause (iv) the
following:
``(v) Crimes involving moral turpitude.--If
the conviction records do not conclusively
establish whether a crime constitutes a crime
involving moral turpitude, the Attorney General
may consider other evidence related to the
conviction that clearly establishes that the
conduct for which the alien was engaged
constitutes a crime involving moral
turpitude.''.
(2) Domestic violence.--Section 237(a)(2)(E) of such Act (8
U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(E)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(iii) Crimes of violence.--If the
conviction records do not conclusively
establish whether a crime of domestic violence
constitutes a crime of violence (as defined in
section 16 of title 18, United States Code),
the Attorney General may consider other
evidence related to the conviction that clearly
establishes that the conduct for which the
alien was engaged constitutes a crime of
violence.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to acts
that occur before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 323. PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO OBEY REMOVAL ORDERS.
(a) In General.--Section 243(a)(1) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(a)(1)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``212(a) or'' before ``237(a),'' ; and
(2) by striking paragraph (3).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to
acts that are described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section
243(a)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253(a)(1))
that occur on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 324. PARDONS.
(a) Definition.--Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)), as amended by section 311(a) of this Act, is
further amended by adding at the end the following:
``(54) The term `pardon' means a full and unconditional pardon
granted by the President of the United States, Governor of any of the
several States or constitutionally recognized body.''.
(b) Deportability.--Section 237(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a))
is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking clause (vi); and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(8) Pardons.--
``(A) In general.--In the case of an alien who has
been convicted of a crime and is subject to removal due
to that conviction, if the alien, subsequent to
receiving the criminal conviction, is granted a pardon,
the alien shall not be deportable by reason of that
criminal conviction.
``(B) Exception.--Subparagraph (A) shall not apply
in the case of an alien granted a pardon if the pardon
is granted in whole or in part to eliminate that
alien's condition of deportability.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to a
pardon granted before, on, or after such date.
TITLE IV--VISA SECURITY
SEC. 401. CANCELLATION OF ADDITIONAL VISAS.
(a) In General.--Section 222(g) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(g)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting
``Secretary''; and
(B) by inserting ``and any other nonimmigrant visa
issued by the United States that is in the possession
of the alien'' after ``such visa''; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ``(other than the visa
described in paragraph (1)) issued in a consular office located
in the country of the alien's nationality'' and inserting
``(other than a visa described in paragraph (1)) issued in a
consular office located in the country of the alien's
nationality or foreign residence''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to
a visa issued before, on, or after such date.
SEC. 402. VISA INFORMATION SHARING.
(a) In General.--Section 222(f) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(f)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``issuance or refusal'' and inserting
``issuance, refusal, or revocation'';
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and on the basis of
reciprocity'';
(3) in paragraph (2)(A)--
(A) by inserting `` (i)'' after ``for the purpose
of''; and
(B) by striking ``illicit weapons; or'' and
inserting ``illicit weapons, or (ii) determining a
person's deportability or eligibility for a visa,
admission, or other immigration benefit;'';
(4) in paragraph (2)(B)--
(A) by striking ``for the purposes'' and inserting
``for one of the purposes''; and
(B) by striking ``or to deny visas to persons who
would be inadmissible to the United States'' and
inserting ``; or''; and
(5) by adding before the period at the end the following:
``(C) with regard to any or all aliens in the
database specified data elements from each record, if
the Secretary of State determines that it is in the
national interest to provide such information to a
foreign government.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Act.
SEC. 403. RESTRICTING WAIVER OF VISA INTERVIEWS.
Section 222(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1202(h)(1)(B)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(C), by inserting ``, in consultation
with the Secretary of Homeland Security,'' after ``if the
Secretary'';
(2) in paragraph (1)(C)(i), by inserting ``, where such
national interest shall not include facilitation of travel of
foreign nationals to the United States, reduction of visa
application processing times, or the allocation of consular
resources'';
(3) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph
(E);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (F) and inserting ``; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(G) is an individual--
``(i) determined to be in a class of aliens
determined by the Secretary of Homeland
Security to be threats to national security;
``(ii) identified by the Secretary of
Homeland Security as a person of concern; or
``(iii) applying for a visa in a visa
category with respect to which the Secretary of
Homeland Security has determined that a waiver
of the visa interview would create a high risk
of degradation of visa program integrity.''.
SEC. 404. AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE TO NOT INTERVIEW CERTAIN
INELIGIBLE VISA APPLICANTS.
(a) In General.--Section 222(h)(1) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1202(h)(1)) is amended by inserting `` the
alien is determined by the Secretary of State to be ineligible for a
visa based upon review of the application or'' after ``unless''.
(b) Guidance.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall issue guidance to
consular officers on the standards and processes for implementing the
authority to deny visa applications without interview in cases where
the alien is determined by the Secretary of State to be ineligible for
a visa based upon review of the application.
(c) Reports.--Not less frequently than once each quarter, the
Secretary of State shall submit to the Congress a report on the denial
of visa applications without interview, including--
(1) the number of such denials; and
(2) a post-by-post breakdown of such denials.
SEC. 405. VISA REFUSAL AND REVOCATION.
(a) Authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security and the
Secretary of State.--
(1) In general.--Section 428 of the Homeland Security Act
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 236) is amended by striking subsections (b)
and (c) and inserting the following:
``(b) Authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 104(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1104(a)) or any other
provision of law, and except as provided in subsection (c) and
except for the authority of the Secretary of State under
subparagraphs (A) and (G) of section 101(a)(15) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), the
Secretary--
``(A) shall have exclusive authority to issue
regulations, establish policy, and administer and
enforce the provisions of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) and all other
immigration or nationality laws relating to the
functions of consular officers of the United States in
connection with the granting and refusal of a visa; and
``(B) may refuse or revoke any visa to any alien or
class of aliens if the Secretary, or designee,
determines that such refusal or revocation is necessary
or advisable in the security interests of the United
States.
``(2) Effect of revocation.--The revocation of any visa
under paragraph (1)(B)--
``(A) shall take effect immediately; and
``(B) shall automatically cancel any other valid
visa that is in the alien's possession.
``(3) Judicial review.--Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, including section 2241 of title 28, United States Code,
or any other habeas corpus provision, and sections 1361 and
1651 of such title, no court shall have jurisdiction to review
a decision by the Secretary of Homeland Security to refuse or
revoke a visa, and no court shall have jurisdiction to hear any
claim arising from, or any challenge to, such a refusal or
revocation.
``(c) Authority of the Secretary of State.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of State may direct a
consular officer to refuse a visa requested by an alien if the
Secretary of State determines such refusal to be necessary or
advisable in the interests of the United States.
``(2) Limitation.--No decision by the Secretary of State to
approve a visa may override a decision by the Secretary of
Homeland Security under subsection (b).''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 237(a)(1)(B) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)(B)) is
amended by striking ``under section 221(i)''.
(3) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall apply to visa refusals and revocations occurring before,
on, or after such date.
(b) Technical Corrections to the Homeland Security Act.--Section
428(a) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 236) is amended
by--
(1) striking ``subsection'' and inserting ``section''; and
(2) striking ``consular office'' and inserting ``consular
officer''.
SEC. 406. FUNDING FOR THE VISA SECURITY PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--The Department of State and Related Agency
Appropriations Act, 2005 (title IV of division B of Public Law 108-447)
is amended, in the fourth paragraph under the heading ``Diplomatic and
Consular Programs'', by striking ``Beginning'' through the period at
the end and inserting the following: ``Beginning in fiscal year 2005
and thereafter, the Secretary of State is authorized to charge
surcharges related to consular services in support of enhanced border
security that are in addition to the immigrant visa fees in effect on
January 1, 2004: Provided, That funds collected pursuant to this
authority shall be credited to the appropriation for U.S. Immigration
and Customs Enforcement for the fiscal year in which the fees were
collected, and shall be available until expended for the funding of the
Visa Security Program established by the Secretary of Homeland Security
under section 428(e) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law
107-296): Provided further, That such surcharges shall be 10 percent of
the fee assessed on immigrant visa applications.''.
(b) Repayment of Appropriated Funds.--Twenty percent of the funds
collected each fiscal year under the heading ``Diplomatic and Consular
Programs'' in the Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations
Act, 2005 (title IV of division B of Public Law 108-447), as amended by
subsection (a), shall be deposited into the general fund of the
Treasury as repayment of funds appropriated pursuant to section 407(c)
of this Act until the entire appropriated sum has been repaid.
SEC. 407. EXPEDITIOUS EXPANSION OF VISA SECURITY PROGRAM TO HIGH-RISK
POSTS.
(a) In General.--Section 428(i) of the Homeland Security Act of
2002 (6 U.S.C. 236(i)) is amended to read as follows:
``(i) Visa Issuance at Designated High-Risk Posts.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
conduct an on-site review of all visa applications and supporting
documentation before adjudication at the top 30 visa-issuing posts
designated jointly by the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security as
high-risk posts.''.
(b) Assignment of Personnel.--Not later than one year after the
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Homeland Security
shall assign personnel to the visa-issuing posts referenced in section
428(i) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 236(i)), as
amended by this section, and communicate such assignments to the
Secretary of State.
(c) Appropriations.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$60,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2014 and 2015, which shall be
used to expedite the implementation of section 428(i) of the Homeland
Security Act, as amended by this section.
SEC. 408. EXPEDITED CLEARANCE AND PLACEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY PERSONNEL AT OVERSEAS EMBASSIES AND CONSULAR
POSTS.
Section 428 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 236) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Expedited Clearance and Placement of Department of Homeland
Security Personnel at Overseas Embassies and Consular Posts.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and the processes set forth
in National Security Defense Directive 38 (dated June 2, 1982) or any
successor Directive, the Chief of Mission of a post to which the
Secretary of Homeland Security has assigned personnel under subsection
(e) or (i) shall ensure, not later than one year after the date on
which the Secretary of Homeland Security communicates such assignment
to the Secretary of State, that such personnel have been stationed and
accommodated at post and are able to carry out their duties.''.
SEC. 409. INCREASED CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR STUDENT VISA INTEGRITY.
Section 1546 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by
striking ``10 years'' and inserting ``15 years (if the offense was
committed by an owner, official, or employee of an educational
institution with respect to such institution's participation in the
Student and exchange Visitor Program), 10 years''.
SEC. 410. ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Colleges, Universities, and Language Training Programs.--
Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (15)(F)(i)--
(A) by striking ``section 214(1) at an established
college, university, seminary, conservatory or in an
accredited language training program in the United
States'' and inserting ``section 214(m) at an
accredited college, university, or language training
program, or at an established seminary, conservatory,
academic high school, elementary school, or other
academic institution in the United States''; and
(B) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place
such term appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland
Security''; and
(C) by amending paragraph (52) to read as follows:
``(52) Except as provided in section 214(m)(4), the term
`accredited college, university, or language training program'
means a college, university, or language training program that
is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the
Secretary of Education.''.
(b) Other Academic Institutions.--Section 214(m) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(m)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security shall require
accreditation of an academic institution (except for seminaries
or other religious institutions) for purposes of section
101(a)(15)(F) if--
``(A) that institution is not already required to
be accredited under section 101(a)(15)(F)(i); and
``(B) an appropriate accrediting agency recognized
by the Secretary of Education is able to provide such
accreditation.
``(4) The Secretary of Homeland Security, in the
Secretary's discretion, may waive the accreditation requirement
in paragraph (3) or section 101(a)(15)(F)(i) with respect to an
institution if such institution--
``(A) is otherwise in compliance with the
requirements of section 101(a)(15)(F)(i); and
``(B) has been a candidate for accreditation for at
least 1 year and continues to progress toward
accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by
the Secretary of Education.''.
(c) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall--
(A) take effect on the date that is 180 days after
the date of enactment of this Act; and
(B) apply with respect to applications for
nonimmigrant visas that are filed on or after the
effective date described in subparagraph (A).
(2) Temporary exception.--During the 3-year period
beginning on the effective date described in paragraph (1)(A),
an institution that is newly required to be accredited under
this section may continue to participate in the Student and
Exchange Visitor Program notwithstanding the institution's lack
of accreditation if the institution--
(A) was certified under the Student and Exchange
Visitor Program on such date;
(B) submitted an application for accreditation to
an accrediting agency recognized by the Secretary of
Education during the 6-month period ending on such
date; and
(C) continues to progress toward accreditation by
such accrediting agency.
SEC. 411. VISA FRAUD.
(a) Temporary Suspension of SEVIS Access.--Section 641(d) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1372(d)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``institution,,'' and
inserting ``institution,''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Effect of reasonable suspicion of fraud.--If the
Secretary of Homeland Security has reasonable suspicion that an
owner of, or a designated school official at, an approved
institution of higher education, an other approved educational
institution, or a designated exchange visitor program has
committed fraud or attempted to commit fraud relating to any
aspect of the Student and Exchange Visitor Program, the
Secretary may immediately suspend, without notice, such
official's or such school's access to the Student and Exchange
Visitor Information System (SEVIS), including the ability to
issue Form I-20s, pending a final determination by the
Secretary with respect to the institution's certification under
the Student and Exchange Visitor Program.''.
(b) Effect of Conviction for Visa Fraud.--Such section 641(d), as
amended by subsection (a)(2), is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(4) Permanent disqualification for fraud.--A designated
school official at, or an owner of, an approved institution of
higher education, an other approved educational institution, or
a designated exchange visitor program who is convicted for
fraud relating to any aspect of the Student and Exchange
Visitor Program shall be permanently disqualified from filing
future petitions and from having an ownership interest or a
management role, including serving as a principal, owner,
officer, board member, general partner, designated school
official, or any other position of substantive authority for
the operations or management of the institution, in any United
States educational institution that enrolls nonimmigrant alien
students described in subparagraph (F) or (M) of section
101(a)(15) the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)).''.
SEC. 412. BACKGROUND CHECKS.
(a) In General.--Section 641(d) of the Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1372(d)), as amended
by section 411(b) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(5) Background check requirement.--
``(A) In general.--An individual may not serve as a
designated school official or be granted access to
SEVIS unless the individual is a national of the United
States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
residence and during the most recent 3-year period--
``(i) the Secretary of Homeland Security
has--
``(I) conducted a thorough
background check on the individual,
including a review of the individual's
criminal and sex offender history and
the verification of the individual's
immigration status; and
``(II) determined that the
individual has not been convicted of
any violation of United States
immigration law and is not a risk to
national security of the United States;
and
``(ii) the individual has successfully
completed an on-line training course on SEVP
and SEVIS, which has been developed by the
Secretary.
``(B) Interim designated school official.--
``(i) In general.--An individual may serve
as an interim designated school official during
the period that the Secretary is conducting the
background check required by subparagraph
(A)(i)(I).
``(ii) Reviews by the secretary.--If an
individual serving as an interim designated
school official under clause (i) does not
successfully complete the background check
required by subparagraph (A)(i)(I), the
Secretary shall review each Form I-20 issued by
such interim designated school official.
``(6) Fee.--The Secretary is authorized to collect a fee
from an approved school for each background check conducted
under paragraph (6)(A)(i). The amount of such fee shall be
equal to the average amount expended by the Secretary to
conducted such background checks.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
SEC. 413. FLIGHT SCHOOLS NOT CERTIFIED BY FAA.
(a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall prohibit any flight school in the
United States from accessing SEVIS or issuing a Form I-20 to an alien
seeking a student visa pursuant to subparagraph (F)(i) or (M)(i) of
section 101(a)(15) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)) if the flight school has not been certified to the
satisfaction of the Secretary and by the Federal Aviation
Administration pursuant to part 141 or part 142 of title 14, Code of
Federal Regulations (or similar successor regulations).
(b) Temporary Exception.--During the 5-year period beginning on the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary may waive the
requirement under subsection (a) that a flight school be certified by
the Federal Aviation Administration if such flight school--
(1) was certified under the Student and Exchange Visitor
Program on the date of the enactment of this Act;
(2) submitted an application for certification with the
Federal Aviation Administration during the 1-year period
beginning on such date; and
(3) continues to progress toward certification by the
Federal Aviation Administration.
SEC. 414. REVOCATION OF ACCREDITATION.
At the time an accrediting agency or association is required to
notify the Secretary of Education and the appropriate State licensing
or authorizing agency of the final denial, withdrawal, suspension, or
termination of accreditation of an institution pursuant to section 496
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b), such accrediting
agency or association shall notify the Secretary of Homeland Security
of such determination and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
immediately withdraw the school from the SEVP and prohibit the school
from accessing SEVIS.
SEC. 415. REPORT ON RISK ASSESSMENT.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives a report that contains the risk assessment
strategy that will be employed by the Secretary to identify,
investigate, and take appropriate action against schools and school
officials that are facilitating the issuance of Form I-20 and the
maintenance of student visa status in violation of the immigration laws
of the United States.
SEC. 416. IMPLEMENTATION OF GAO RECOMMENDATIONS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this
act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee
on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of
the House of Representatives a report that describes--
(1) the process in place to identify and assess risks in
the SEVP;
(2) a risk assessment process to allocate SEVP's resources
based on risk;
(3) the procedures in place for consistently ensuring a
school's eligibility, including consistently verifying in lieu
of letters;
(4) how SEVP identified and addressed missing school case
files;
(5) a plan to develop and implement a process to monitor
state licensing and accreditation status of all SEVP-certified
schools;
(6) whether all flight schools that have not been certified
to the satisfaction of the Secretary and by the Federal
Aviation Administration have been removed from the program and
have been restricted from accessing SEVIS;
(7) the standard operating procedures that govern
coordination among SEVP, Counterterrorism and Criminal
Exploitation Unit, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
field offices; and
(8) the established criteria for referring cases of a
potentially criminal nature from SEVP to the counterterrorism
and intelligence community.
SEC. 417. IMPLEMENTATION OF SEVIS II.
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall complete the deployment of
both phases of the 2nd generation Student and Exchange Visitor
Information System (commonly known as ``SEVIS II'').
SEC. 418. DEFINITIONS.
(a) Definitions.--For purposes of this title:
(1) SEVIS.--The term ``SEVIS'' means the Student and
Exchange Visitor Information System of the Department of
Homeland Security.
(2) SEVP.--The term ``SEVP'' means the Student and Exchange
Visitor Program of the Department of Homeland Security.
TITLE V--AID TO U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
SEC. 501. ICE IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AGENTS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall authorize
all immigration enforcement agents and deportation officers of the
Department of Homeland Security who have successfully completed basic
immigration law enforcement training to exercise the powers conferred
by--
(1) section 287(a)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act to arrest for any offense against the United States;
(2) section 287(a)(5)(B) of such Act to arrest for any
felony;
(3) section 274(a) of such Act to arrest for bringing in,
transporting, or harboring certain aliens, or inducing them to
enter;
(4) section 287(a) of such Act to execute warrants of
arrest for administrative immigration violations issued under
section 236 of the Act or to execute warrants of criminal
arrest issued under the authority of the United States; and
(5) section 287(a) of such Act to carry firearms, provided
that they are individually qualified by training and experience
to handle and safely operate the firearms they are permitted to
carry, maintain proficiency in the use of such firearms, and
adhere to the provisions of the enforcement standard governing
the use of force.
(b) Pay.--Immigration enforcement agents shall be paid on the same
scale as Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officers and
shall receive the same benefits.
SEC. 502. ICE DETENTION ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
(a) Authorization.--The Secretary of Homeland Security is
authorized to hire 2,500 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention
enforcement officers.
(b) Duties.--Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention
enforcement officers who have successfully completed detention
enforcement officers' basic training shall be responsible for--
(1) taking and maintaining custody of any person who has
been arrested by an immigration officer;
(2) transporting and guarding immigration detainees;
(3) securing Department of Homeland Security detention
facilities; and
(4) assisting in the processing of detainees.
SEC. 503. ENSURING THE SAFETY OF ICE OFFICERS AND AGENTS.
(a) Body Armor.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall ensure
that every Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer and
immigration enforcement agent on duty is issued high-quality body armor
that is appropriate for the climate and risks faced by the agent.
Enough body armor must be purchased to cover every agent in the field.
(b) Weapons.--Such Secretary shall ensure that Immigration and
Customs Enforcement deportation officers and immigration enforcement
agents are equipped with weapons that are reliable and effective to
protect themselves, their fellow agents, and innocent third parties
from the threats posed by armed criminals. Such weapons shall include,
at a minimum, standard-issue handguns, M-4 (or equivalent) rifles, and
Tasers.
(c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 504. ICE ADVISORY COUNCIL.
(a) Establishment.--An ICE Advisory Council shall be established
not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) Membership.--The ICE Advisor Council shall be comprised of 7
members.
(c) Appointment.--Members shall to be appointed in the following
manner:
(1) One member shall be appointed by the President;
(2) One member shall be appointed by the Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives;
(3) One member shall be appointed by the Chairman of the
Judiciary Committee of the Senate;
(4) One member shall be appointed by the Local 511, the ICE
prosecutor's union; and
(5) Three members shall be appointed by the National
Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council.
(d) Term.--Members shall serve renewable, 2-year terms.
(e) Voluntary.--Membership shall be voluntary and non-remunerated,
except that members will receive reimbursement from the Secretary of
Homeland Security for travel and other related expenses.
(f) Retaliation Protection.--Members who are employed by the
Secretary of Homeland Security shall be protected from retaliation by
their supervisors, managers, and other Department of Homeland Security
employees for their participation on the Council.
(g) Purpose.--The purpose of the Council is to advise the Congress
and the Secretary of Homeland Security on issues including the
following:
(1) The current status of immigration enforcement efforts,
including prosecutions and removals, the effectiveness of such
efforts, and how enforcement could be improved;
(2) The effectiveness of cooperative efforts between the
Secretary of Homeland Security and other law enforcement
agencies, including additional types of enforcement activities
that the Secretary should be engaged in, such as State and
local criminal task forces;
(3) Personnel, equipment, and other resource needs of field
personnel;
(4) Improvements that should be made to the organizational
structure of the Department of Homeland Security, including
whether the position of immigration enforcement agent should be
merged into the deportation officer position; and
(5) The effectiveness of specific enforcement policies and
regulations promulgated by the Secretary of Homeland Security,
and whether other enforcement priorities should be considered.
(h) Reports.--The Council shall provide quarterly reports to the
Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Judiciary Committees of the Senate
and the House of Representatives and to the Secretary of Homeland
Security. The Council members shall meet directly with the Chairmen and
Ranking Members (or their designated representatives) and with the
Secretary to discuss their reports every 6 months.
SEC. 505. PILOT PROGRAM FOR ELECTRONIC FIELD PROCESSING.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall establish
a pilot program in at least five of the 10 Immigration and Customs
Enforcement field offices with the largest removal caseloads to allow
Immigration and Customs deportation officers and immigration
enforcement agents to--
(1) electronically process and serve charging documents,
including Notices to Appear, while in the field; and
(2) electronically process and place detainers while in the
field.
(b) Duties.--The pilot program described in subsection (a) shall be
designed to allow deportation officers and immigration enforcement
agents to use handheld or vehicle-mounted computers to--
(1) enter any required data, including personal information
about the alien subject and the reason for issuing the
document;
(2) apply the electronic signature of the issuing officer
or agent;
(3) set the date the alien is required to appear before an
immigration judge, in the case of Notices to Appear;
(4) print any documents the alien subject may be required
to sign, along with additional copies of documents to be served
on the alien; and
(5) interface with the ENFORCE database so that all data is
stored and retrievable.
(c) Construction.--The pilot program described in subsection (a)
shall be designed to replace, to the extent possible, the current
paperwork and data-entry process used for issuing such charging
documents and detainers.
(d) Deadline.--The Secretary shall initiate the pilot program
described in subsection (a) within 6 months of the date of enactment of
this Act.
(e) Report.--The Government Accountability Office shall report to
the Judiciary Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives
no later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act on the
effectiveness of the pilot program and provide recommendations for
improving it.
(f) Advisory Council.--The ICE Advisory Council established by
section 504 shall include an recommendations on how the pilot program
should work in the first quarterly report of the Council, and shall
include assessments of the program and recommendations for improvement
in each subsequent report.
(g) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 506. ADDITIONAL ICE DEPORTATION OFFICERS AND SUPPORT STAFF.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall, subject
to the availability of appropriations for such purpose, increase the
number of positions for full-time active-duty Immigration and Customs
Enforcement deportation officers by 5,000 above the number of full-time
positions for which funds were appropriated for fiscal year 2013.
(b) Support Staff.--The Secretary shall, subject to the
availability of appropriations for such purpose, increase the number of
positions for full-time support staff for Immigration and Customs
Enforcement deportation officers by 700 above the number of full-time
positions for which funds were appropriated for fiscal year 2013.
SEC. 507. ADDITIONAL ICE PROSECUTORS.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall increase by 60 the number
of full-time trial attorneys working for the Immigration and Customs
Enforcement Office of the Principal Legal Advisor.
TITLE VI--MISCELLANEOUS ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
SEC. 601. ENCOURAGING ALIENS TO DEPART VOLUNTARILY.
(a) In General.--Section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1229c) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
``(1) Instead of removal proceedings.--If an alien is not
described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii) or (4) of section 237(a),
the Secretary of Homeland Security may permit the alien to
voluntarily depart the United States at the alien's own expense
under this subsection instead of being subject to proceedings
under section 240.'';
(B) by striking paragraph (3);
(C) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph
(3);
(D) by adding after paragraph (1) the following:
``(2) Before the conclusion of removal proceedings.--If an
alien is not described in paragraph (2)(A)(iii) or (4) of
section 237(a), the Attorney General may permit the alien to
voluntarily depart the United States at the alien's own expense
under this subsection after the initiation of removal
proceedings under section 240 and before the conclusion of such
proceedings before an immigration judge.'';
(E) in paragraph (3), as redesignated--
(i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as
follows:
``(A) Instead of removal.--Subject to subparagraph
(C), permission to voluntarily depart under paragraph
(1) shall not be valid for any period in excess of 120
days. The Secretary may require an alien permitted to
voluntarily depart under paragraph (1) to post a
voluntary departure bond, to be surrendered upon proof
that the alien has departed the United States within
the time specified.'';
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (B),
(C), and (D) as paragraphs (C), (D), and (E),
respectively;
(iii) by adding after subparagraph (A) the
following:
``(B) Before the conclusion of removal
proceedings.--Permission to voluntarily depart under
paragraph (2) shall not be valid for any period in
excess of 60 days, and may be granted only after a
finding that the alien has the means to depart the
United States and intends to do so. An alien permitted
to voluntarily depart under paragraph (2) shall post a
voluntary departure bond, in an amount necessary to
ensure that the alien will depart, to be surrendered
upon proof that the alien has departed the United
States within the time specified. An immigration judge
may waive the requirement to post a voluntary departure
bond in individual cases upon a finding that the alien
has presented compelling evidence that the posting of a
bond will pose a serious financial hardship and the
alien has presented credible evidence that such a bond
is unnecessary to guarantee timely departure.'';
(iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated,
by striking ``subparagraphs (C) and(D)(ii)''
and inserting ``subparagraphs (D) and
(E)(ii)'';
(v) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated,
by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' each place
that term appears and inserting ``subparagraph
(C)''; and
(vi) in subparagraph (E), as redesignated,
by striking ``subparagraph (B)'' each place
that term appears and inserting ``subparagraph
(C)''; and
(F) in paragraph (4), by striking ``paragraph (1)''
and inserting ``paragraphs (1) and (2)'';
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ``a period exceeding
60 days'' and inserting ``any period in excess of 45 days'';
(3) by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
``(c) Conditions on Voluntary Departure.--
``(1) Voluntary departure agreement.--Voluntary departure
may only be granted as part of an affirmative agreement by the
alien. A voluntary departure agreement under subsection (b)
shall include a waiver of the right to any further motion,
appeal, application, petition, or petition for review relating
to removal or relief or protection from removal.
``(2) Concessions by the secretary.--In connection with the
alien's agreement to depart voluntarily under paragraph (1),
the Secretary of Homeland Security may agree to a reduction in
the period of inadmissibility under subparagraph (A) or (B)(i)
of section 212(a)(9).
``(3) Advisals.--Agreements relating to voluntary departure
granted during removal proceedings under section 240, or at the
conclusion of such proceedings, shall be presented on the
record before the immigration judge. The immigration judge
shall advise the alien of the consequences of a voluntary
departure agreement before accepting such agreement.
``(4) Failure to comply with agreement.--
``(A) In general.--If an alien agrees to voluntary
departure under this section and fails to depart the
United States within the time allowed for voluntary
departure or fails to comply with any other terms of
the agreement (including failure to timely post any
required bond), the alien is--
``(i) ineligible for the benefits of the
agreement;
``(ii) subject to the penalties described
in subsection (d); and
``(iii) subject to an alternate order of
removal if voluntary departure was granted
under subsection (a)(2) or (b).
``(B) Effect of filing timely appeal.--If, after
agreeing to voluntary departure, the alien files a
timely appeal of the immigration judge's decision
granting voluntary departure, the alien may pursue the
appeal instead of the voluntary departure agreement.
Such appeal operates to void the alien's voluntary
departure agreement and the consequences of such
agreement, but precludes the alien from another grant
of voluntary departure while the alien remains in the
United States.
``(5) Voluntary departure period not affected.--Except as
expressly agreed to by the Secretary in writing in the exercise
of the Secretary's discretion before the expiration of the
period allowed for voluntary departure, no motion, appeal,
application, petition, or petition for review shall affect,
reinstate, enjoin, delay, stay, or toll the alien's obligation
to depart from the United States during the period agreed to by
the alien and the Secretary.'';
(4) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
``(d) Penalties for Failure To Depart.--If an alien is permitted to
voluntarily depart under this section and fails to voluntarily depart
from the United States within the time period specified or otherwise
violates the terms of a voluntary departure agreement, the alien will
be subject to the following penalties:
``(1) Civil penalty.--The alien shall be liable for a civil
penalty of $3,000. The order allowing voluntary departure shall
specify the amount of the penalty, which shall be acknowledged
by the alien on the record. If the Secretary thereafter
establishes that the alien failed to depart voluntarily within
the time allowed, no further procedure will be necessary to
establish the amount of the penalty, and the Secretary may
collect the civil penalty at any time thereafter and by
whatever means provided by law. An alien will be ineligible for
any benefits under this chapter until this civil penalty is
paid.
``(2) Ineligibility for relief.--The alien shall be
ineligible during the time the alien remains in the United
States and for a period of 10 years after the alien's departure
for any further relief under this section and sections 240A,
245, 248, and 249. The order permitting the alien to depart
voluntarily shall inform the alien of the penalties under this
subsection.
``(3) Reopening.--The alien shall be ineligible to reopen
the final order of removal that took effect upon the alien's
failure to depart, or upon the alien's other violations of the
conditions for voluntary departure, during the period described
in paragraph (2). This paragraph does not preclude a motion to
reopen to seek withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3)
or protection against torture, if the motion--
``(A) presents material evidence of changed country
conditions arising after the date of the order granting
voluntary departure in the country to which the alien
would be removed; and
``(B) makes a sufficient showing to the
satisfaction of the Attorney General that the alien is
otherwise eligible for such protection.'';
(5) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows:
``(e) Eligibility.--
``(1) Prior grant of voluntary departure.--An alien shall
not be permitted to voluntarily depart under this section if
the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General
previously permitted the alien to depart voluntarily.
``(2) Rulemaking.--The Secretary may promulgate regulations
to limit eligibility or impose additional conditions for
voluntary departure under subsection (a)(1) for any class of
aliens. The Secretary or Attorney General may by regulation
limit eligibility or impose additional conditions for voluntary
departure under subsections (a)(2) or (b) of this section for
any class or classes of aliens.''; and
(6) in subsection (f), by adding at the end the following:
``Notwithstanding section 242(a)(2)(D) of this Act, sections
1361, 1651, and 2241 of title 28, United States Code, any other
habeas corpus provision, and any other provision of law
(statutory or nonstatutory), no court shall have jurisdiction
to affect, reinstate, enjoin, delay, stay, or toll the period
allowed for voluntary departure under this section.''.
(b) Rulemaking.--The Secretary shall within one year of the date of
enactment of this Act promulgate regulations to provide for the
imposition and collection of penalties for failure to depart under
section 240B(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1229c(d)).
(c) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the
amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to all
orders granting voluntary departure under section 240B of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229c) made on or
after the date that is 180 days after the enactment of this
Act.
(2) Exception.--The amendment made by subsection (a)(6)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and
shall apply with respect to any petition for review which is
filed on or after such date.
SEC. 602. DETERRING ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED FROM REMAINING IN THE UNITED
STATES UNLAWFULLY.
(a) Inadmissible Aliens.--Section 212(a)(9)(A) of the Immigration
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(A)) is amended--
(1) in clause (i), by striking ``seeks admission within 5
years of the date of such removal (or within 20 years'' and
inserting ``seeks admission not later than 5 years after the
date of the alien's removal (or not later than 20 years after
the alien's removal''; and
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ``seeks admission within 10
years of the date of such alien's departure or removal (or
within 20 years of'' and inserting ``seeks admission not later
than 10 years after the date of the alien's departure or
removal (or not later than 20 years after''.
(b) Bar on Discretionary Relief.--Section 274D of such Act (8
U.S.C. 324d) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ``Commissioner'' and
inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(c) Ineligibility for Relief.--
``(1) In general.--Unless a timely motion to reopen is
granted under section 240(c)(6), an alien described in
subsection (a) shall be ineligible for any discretionary relief
from removal (including cancellation of removal and adjustment
of status) during the time the alien remains in the United
States and for a period of 10 years after the alien's departure
from the United States.
``(2) Savings provision.--Nothing in paragraph (1) shall
preclude a motion to reopen to seek withholding of removal
under section 241(b)(3) or protection against torture, if the
motion--
``(A) presents material evidence of changed country
conditions arising after the date of the final order of
removal in the country to which the alien would be
removed; and
``(B) makes a sufficient showing to the
satisfaction of the Attorney General that the alien is
otherwise eligible for such protection.''.
(c) Effective Dates.--The amendments made by this section shall
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act with respect to
aliens who are subject to a final order of removal entered before, on,
or after such date.
SEC. 603. REINSTATEMENT OF REMOVAL ORDERS.
(a) In General.--Section 241(a)(5) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)(5)) is amended to read as follows:
``(5) Reinstatement of removal orders against aliens
illegally reentering.--If the Secretary of Homeland Security
finds that an alien has entered the United States illegally
after having been removed, deported, or excluded or having
departed voluntarily, under an order of removal, deportation,
or exclusion, regardless of the date of the original order or
the date of the illegal entry--
``(A) the order of removal, deportation, or
exclusion is reinstated from its original date and is
not subject to being reopened or reviewed
notwithstanding section 242(a)(2)(D);
``(B) the alien is not eligible and may not apply
for any relief under this Act, regardless of the date
that an application or request for such relief may have
been filed or made; and
``(C) the alien shall be removed under the order of
removal, deportation, or exclusion at any time after
the illegal entry.
Reinstatement under this paragraph shall not require
proceedings under section 240 or other proceedings before an
immigration judge''.
(b) Judicial Review.--Section 242 of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(h) Judicial Review of Reinstatement Under Section 241(a)(5).--
``(1) Review of reinstatement.--Judicial review of
determinations under section 241(a)(5) is available in an
action under subsection (a).
``(2) No review of original order.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law (statutory or nonstatutory), including
section 2241 of title 28, United States Code, any other habeas
corpus provision, or sections 1361 and 1651 of such title, no
court shall have jurisdiction to review any cause or claim,
arising from, or relating to, any challenge to the original
order.''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall take effect as if enacted on April 1, 1997, and shall apply to
all orders reinstated or after that date by the Secretary of Homeland
Security (or by the Attorney General prior to March 1, 2003),
regardless of the date of the original order.
SEC. 604. CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO DEFINITION OF ADMISSION.
Section 101(a)(13)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1101(a)(13)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``An alien's adjustment of status to that of lawful permanent resident
status under any provision of this Act, or under any other provision of
law, shall be considered an `admission' for any purpose under this Act,
even if the adjustment of status occurred while the alien was present
in the United States.''.
SEC. 605. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON THE EXERCISE AND ABUSE OF
PROSECUTORIAL DISCRETION.
(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the end of each
fiscal year, the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney
General shall each provide to the Committees on the Judiciary of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate a report on the following:
(1) Aliens apprehended or arrested by State or local law
enforcement agencies who were identified by the Department of
Homeland Security in the previous fiscal year and for whom the
Department of Homeland Security did not issue detainers and did
not take into custody despite the Department of Homeland
Security's findings that the aliens were inadmissible or
deportable.
(2) Aliens who were applicants for admission in the
previous fiscal year but not clearly and beyond a doubt
entitled to be admitted by an immigration officer and who were
not detained as required pursuant to section 235(b)(2)(A) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(A)).
(3) Aliens who in the previous fiscal year were found by
Department of Homeland Security officials performing duties
related to the adjudication of applications for immigration
benefits or the enforcement of the immigration laws to be
inadmissible or deportable who were not issued notices to
appear pursuant to section 239 of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1229) or
placed into removal proceedings pursuant to section 240 (8
U.S.C. 1229a), unless the aliens were placed into expedited
removal proceedings pursuant to section 235(b)(1)(A)(i) (8
U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)(A)(5)) or section 238 (8 U.S.C. 1228), were
granted voluntary departure pursuant to section 240B, were
granted relief from removal pursuant to statute, were granted
legal nonimmigrant or immigrant status pursuant to statute, or
were determined not to be inadmissible or deportable.
(4) Aliens issued notices to appear that were cancelled in
the previous fiscal year despite the Department of Homeland
Security's findings that the aliens were inadmissible or
deportable, unless the aliens were granted relief from removal
pursuant to statute, were granted voluntary departure pursuant
to section 240B of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1229c), or were granted
legal nonimmigrant or immigrant status pursuant to statute.
(5) Aliens who were placed into removal proceedings, whose
removal proceedings were terminated in the previous fiscal year
prior to their conclusion, unless the aliens were granted
relief from removal pursuant to statute, were granted voluntary
departure pursuant to section 240B, were granted legal
nonimmigrant or immigrant status pursuant to statute, or were
determined not to be inadmissible or deportable.
(6) Aliens granted parole pursuant to section 212(d)(5)(A)
of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)).
(7) Aliens granted deferred action, extended voluntary
departure or any other type of relief from removal not
specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act or where
determined not to be inadmissible or deportable.
(b) Contents of Report.--The report shall include a listing of each
alien described in each paragraph of subsection (a), including when in
the possession of the Department of Homeland Security their names,
fingerprint identification numbers, alien registration numbers, and
reason why each was granted the type of prosecutorial discretion
received. The report shall also include current criminal histories on
each alien from the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
SEC. 606. WAIVER OF FEDERAL LAWS WITH RESPECT TO BORDER SECURITY
ACTIONS ON DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE LANDS.
(a) Prohibition on Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture.--
The Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture shall not
impede, prohibit, or restrict activities of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection on Federal land located within 100 miles of an international
land border that is under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, to execute search and rescue
operations and to prevent all unlawful entries into the United States,
including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of
terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband through the international
land borders of the United States.
(b) Authorized Activities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.--
U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall have immediate access to
Federal land within 100 miles of the international land border under
the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of
Agriculture for purposes of conducting the following activities on such
land that prevent all unlawful entries into the United States,
including entries by terrorists, other unlawful aliens, instruments of
terrorism, narcotics, and other contraband through the international
land borders of the United States:
(1) Construction and maintenance of roads.
(2) Construction and maintenance of barriers.
(3) Use of vehicles to patrol, apprehend, or rescue.
(4) Installation, maintenance, and operation of
communications and surveillance equipment and sensors.
(5) Deployment of temporary tactical infrastructure.
(c) Clarification Relating to Waiver Authority.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law
(including any termination date relating to the waiver referred
to in this subsection), the waiver by the Secretary of Homeland
Security on April 1, 2008, under section 102(c)(1) of the
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1103 note; Public Law 104-208) of the laws
described in paragraph (2) with respect to certain sections of
the international border between the United States and Mexico
and between the United States and Canada shall be considered to
apply to all Federal land under the jurisdiction of the
Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture
within 100 miles of the international land borders of the
United States for the activities of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection described in subsection (c).
(2) Description of laws waived.--The laws referred to in
paragraph (1) are limited to the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131
et seq.), the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the National Historic Preservation Act
(16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.), Public Law 86-523 (16 U.S.C. 469 et
seq.), the Act of June 8, 1906 (commonly known as the
``Antiquities Act of 1906''; 16 U.S.C. 431 et seq.), the Wild
and Scenic Rivers Act (16 U.S.C. 1271 et seq.), the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq.), the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife Act of
1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.), the Fish and Wildlife
Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), subchapter II of
chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United States Code
(commonly known as the ``Administrative Procedure Act''), the
National Park Service Organic Act (16 U.S.C. 1 et seq.), the
General Authorities Act of 1970 (Public Law 91-383) (16 U.S.C.
1a-1 et seq.), sections 401(7), 403, and 404 of the National
Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-625, 92 Stat.
3467), and the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990 (16 U.S.C.
1132 note; Public Law 101-628).
(d) Protection of Legal Uses.--This section shall not be construed
to provide--
(1) authority to restrict legal uses, such as grazing,
hunting, mining, or public-use recreational and backcountry
airstrips on land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture; or
(2) any additional authority to restrict legal access to
such land.
(e) Effect on State and Private Land.--This Act shall--
(1) have no force or effect on State or private lands; and
(2) not provide authority on or access to State or private
lands.
(f) Tribal Sovereignty.--Nothing in this section supersedes,
replaces, negates, or diminishes treaties or other agreements between
the United States and Indian tribes.
(g) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a
report describing the extent to which implementation of this section
has affected the operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection in
the year preceding the report.
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Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security, Agriculture, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Discharged.
Committee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 20 - 15.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-678, Part I.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 113-678, Part I.
Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
Committee on Homeland Security discharged.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Agriculture discharged.
Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
Committee on Natural Resources discharged.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.