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S. 72 119th Congress Senate

Justice for Jocelyn Act

Official title: A bill to remove aliens who fail to comply with a release order, to enroll all aliens on the ICE nondetailed docket in the Alternatives to Detention program wi… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to remove aliens who fail to comply with a release order, to enroll all aliens on the ICE nondetailed docket in the Alternatives to Detention program with continuous GPS monitoring, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 13, 2025 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Immigration
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Jan 13, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 13, 2025
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Justice for Jocelyn Act

This bill limits Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) Alternatives to Detention program, which supervises non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) subject to removal who are released from the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specifically, releases under this program are prohibited unless all detention beds are filled and DHS found no alternatives after exercising and exhausting all reasonable options.

The bill requires all individuals on ICE’s nondetained docket to be enrolled in the program and be subject to continuous GPS monitoring and curfew.

Further, the bill requires a non-U.S. national who was arrested and released to be removed in absentia if an immigration officer submits an affidavit to an immigration judge stating that the individual failed to comply with a condition of release.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 355 Justice for Jocelyn Act
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 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 6
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 13, 2025
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Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Jan 13, 2025
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Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jan 13, 2025
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jan 13, 2025
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Daines, Steve
Montana · Jan 13, 2025
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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Jan 13, 2025
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 72: Justice for Jocelyn Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-72/
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"S. 72: Justice for Jocelyn Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-72/.
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S. 72, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-72/.
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