INA Jurisdiction Act of 2018

INA Jurisdiction Act of 2018

This bill amends the federal judicial code to specify that the U.S. Supreme Court and immigration courts are the only courts that have jurisdiction over (and in which a claimant has standing to raise) issues regarding immigration, naturalization, refugee status, asylum, and any other related matter involving a claimed legal right to enter or remain in the United States, or any case or controversy of any provision of the immigration laws, or any order issued or rule made pursuant to immigrations laws.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5648 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5648

  To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for Supreme Court 
 original jurisdiction over certain immigration actions, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2018

 Mr. Gohmert introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for Supreme Court 
 original jurisdiction over certain immigration actions, 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 ``INA Jurisdiction Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. SUPREME COURT JURISDICTION OVER CERTAIN IMMIGRATION ACTIONS.

    Section 1251 of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c) The Supreme Court and any immigration court, established 
under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act) are the only courts that shall 
have jurisdiction and in which a claimant shall have standing to raise 
issues of immigration, naturalization, refugee status, asylum, and any 
other related matter or case involving a claimed legal right to enter 
or remain in the United States, or any case or controversy of any 
provision of the immigration laws, or any order issued or rule made 
pursuant thereto.''.
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