S. 486 119th Congress Senate

Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act

Official title: A bill to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to immediately initiate removal proceedings for aliens whose visas are revoked on security or related grounds.

Introduced: February 6, 2025 Introduced by: Mike Lee Republican · Utah See on congress.gov

Immigration

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Feb 6, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 6, 2025

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act

This bill requires the immediate initiation of removal proceedings against a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) whose visa is revoked on security and related grounds.

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LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Interior, Dept of (DOI)
1 filing
SENATE
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Cosponsors 4

Budd, Ted

North Carolina · Feb 6, 2025

Cassidy, Bill

Louisiana · Feb 6, 2025

Cruz, Ted

Texas · Feb 6, 2025

Hawley, Josh

Missouri · Feb 6, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 486: Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-486/

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"S. 486: Mandatory Removal Proceedings Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-486/.

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S. 486, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-486/.

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