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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 74 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 3, 2019 

Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 

PALMER, and Mr. EMMER) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grant’s Law’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION FOR CERTAIN ALIENS AR2 RESTED FOR THE COMMISSION OF CERTAIN 

3 OFFENSES. 

4 Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

7 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

8 at the end; 

9 (B) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘or’’ 

10 at the end; and 

11 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(E) is— 

14 ‘‘(i) determined by the Secretary of 

15 Homeland Security to be unlawfully 

16 present in the United States; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) arrested for any offense de18 scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (D) 

19 the conviction of which would render the 

20 alien inadmissible under section 212(a) or 

21 deportable under section 237(a),’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘The Attorney General’’ 

24 and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

2 subparagraph (B), the Secretary of Homeland 

3 Security’’; 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘the Attorney General’’ 

5 each place such term appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘the Secretary’’; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(B) ARRESTED BUT NOT CONVICTED

9 ALIENS.—The Secretary of Homeland Security 

10 may release any alien held pursuant to para11 graph (1)(E) to the appropriate authority for 

12 any proceedings subsequent to the arrest. The 

13 Secretary shall resume custody of the alien dur14 ing any period pending the final disposition of 

15 any such proceedings that the alien is not in 

16 the custody of such appropriate authority. If 

17 the alien is not convicted of the offense for 

18 which the alien was arrested, the Secretary 

19 shall continue to detain the alien until removal 

20 proceedings are completed.’’. 

21 SEC. 3. EXPEDITED INITIATION OF REMOVAL PRO22 CEEDINGS. 

23 Section 239(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 

24 Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(d)) is amended by adding at the end 

25 the following: 


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1 ‘‘(3) In the case of any alien held pursuant to 

2 section 236(c)(1)(E), the Secretary of Homeland Se3 curity shall complete removal proceedings by not 

4 later than 90 days after such alien is detained.’’. 

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