HR 486 115th Congress House

Grant's Law

Official title: To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and is arrested for certain criminal offenses.

Introduced: March 27, 2017 Introduced by: Biggs, Andy Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov

Immigration Administrative remediesBorder security and unlawful immigrationDetention of personsImmigration status and procedures

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 3, 2017

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H964)

Jan 13, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Jan 12, 2017

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 12, 2017

Introduced in House

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Latest action February 3, 2017

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H964)

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Grant's Law

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to require mandatory detention of any alien who is unlawfully present in the United States and arrested for inadmissible or deportable crimes.

The bill transfers release authority from the Department of Justice to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). DHS may release the alien to an appropriate authority for proceedings related to the arrest, but DHS must resume custody for any period that the alien is not in custody of the appropriate authority. If the alien is not convicted of crimes for which the alien was arrested, DHS must continue to detain the alien until removal proceedings are completed.

DHS must complete the removal proceedings within 90 days.

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