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S 1762 114th Congress Senate

Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase the penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the United States after being removed.

Introduced: July 28, 2015 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Immigration Border security and unlawful immigrationCriminal procedure and sentencingImmigration status and procedures
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Jul 14, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 14, 2015
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 Latest action July 14, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties applicable to aliens who unlawfully reenter the United States after being removed.

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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jul 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1762: Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1762/
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"S. 1762: Establishing Mandatory Minimums for Illegal Reentry Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1762/.
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S. 1762, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1762/.
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