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HR 713 112th Congress House

Keeping Families Together Act of 2011

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore certain provisions relating to the definition of aggravated felony and other provisions as they were be… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore certain provisions relating to the definition of aggravated felony and other provisions as they were before the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.

Introduced: March 30, 2011 See on congress.gov
Immigration Administrative remediesCrimes against childrenCrimes against propertyCrimes against women
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Department of Homeland SecurityDetention of personsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesFraud offenses and financial crimesGamblingImmigration status and proceduresJudicial review and appealsOrganized crimeSex offensesSmuggling and traffickingViolent crimeVisas and passports
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Introduced
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Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 28, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.
Feb 18, 2011
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E312)
Feb 15, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 15, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 28, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keeping Families Together Act of 2011 - Amends the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Act) to repeal the provision amending the definition of "aggravated felony," and restore provisions of law amended by such provision as if it had not been enacted, including residency-or status-related rights of an affected legal alien.

Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to revise detention of criminal alien provisions, effective as if included in the Act.

Repeals, as if included in the Act: (1) certain provisions respecting termination of continuous presence or physical presence in the United States, and (2) the definition of "conviction."

Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to admit certain lawfully admitted permanent resident aliens returning to the United States who temporarily proceeded abroad voluntarily and not under an order of deportation or removal, effective as of a specified date, as if certain sections of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Act had not been enacted.

Revises provisions respecting judicial review of removal orders.

Requires the Secretary to establish a post-proceeding removal relief process for affected aliens.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 713: Keeping Families Together Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-713/
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"H.R. 713: Keeping Families Together Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-713/.
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H.R. 713, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-713/.
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