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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2199 

To prohibit the issuance of certain visas to nationals of a country that 

denies or unreasonably delays the repatriation of a national ordered 

removed from the United States to such country, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 15, 2011 

Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mrs. 

ELLMERS, Mr. PITTS, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. PENCE, Mr. FLORES, 

Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. ROONEY, and Mr. GINGREY of Georgia) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To prohibit the issuance of certain visas to nationals of 

a country that denies or unreasonably delays the repatriation of a national ordered removed from the United 

States to such country, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Deport Convicted For5 eign Criminals Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DISCONTINUING GRANTING CERTAIN VISAS TO NA2 TIONALS OF COUNTRY DENYING OR DELAY3 ING ACCEPTING ALIENS. 

4 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 243 of the Immigration 

5 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253) is amended by strik6 ing subsection (d). 

7 (b) DISCONTINUING GRANTING CERTAIN VISAS TO

8 NATIONALS OF COUNTRY DENYING OR DELAYING AC9 CEPTING ALIEN.—Section 241(b) of the Immigration and 

10 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)) is amended by adding 

11 at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(4) DISCONTINUING GRANTING CERTAIN VISAS

13 AND DENYING ADMISSION TO NATIONALS OF COUN14 TRY DENYING OR DELAYING ACCEPTING ALIENS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) DISCONTINUING GRANTING VISAS.— 

16 Except as provided under subparagraph (C), if 

17 a country is listed in the most recent quarterly 

18 report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland 

19 Security to the Congress under subparagraph 

20 (E), the Secretary of State may not issue a 

21 nonimmigrant visa pursuant to section 

22 101(a)(15)(A) to a citizen, subject, national, or 

23 resident of such country until— 

24 ‘‘(i) the Secretary of Homeland Secu25 rity notifies the Secretary of State that the 

26 country should no longer be so listed; or 


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1 ‘‘(ii) each alien listed in the report 

2 with respect to such country has otherwise 

3 been removed from the United States. 

4 ‘‘(B) DENYING ADMISSION TO NATIONALS

5 AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS.—Ex6 cept as provided under subparagraph (C), if a 

7 country is listed in the most recent quarterly 

8 report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland 

9 Security to the Congress under subparagraph 

10 (E), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 

11 consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 

12 deny admission to any citizen, subject, national, 

13 or resident of that country who has received a 

14 nonimmigrant visa pursuant to section 

15 101(a)(15)(A). 

16 ‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—Subparagraphs (A) 

17 and (B) do not apply if the Secretary of State 

18 determines that the life or freedom of the visa 

19 applicant or individual seeking admission would 

20 be threatened in the country listed under sub21 paragraph (E). 

22 ‘‘(D) EFFECT OF UNAUTHORIZED

23 ISSUANCE.—Any visa issued in violation of this 

24 paragraph shall be null and void. 


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1 ‘‘(E) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later 

2 than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 

3 the Deport Convicted Foriegn Criminals Act, 

4 and every 3 months thereafter, the Secretary of 

5 Homeland Security shall submit a report to the 

6 Congress that— 

7 ‘‘(i) lists all the countries that deny or 

8 unreasonably delay the acceptance of at 

9 least 10 percent of the total number of 

10 aliens who— 

11 ‘‘(I) are physically present in the 

12 United States; 

13 ‘‘(II) are a citizen, subject, na14 tional, or resident of such country; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(III) have received a final order 

17 of removal; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) includes the total number of 

19 aliens described under clause (i), organized 

20 by— 

21 ‘‘(I) name; 

22 ‘‘(II) country; 

23 ‘‘(III) detention status; and 

24 ‘‘(IV) criminal status. 


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1 ‘‘(F) COMPLIANCE WITH REPATRIATION.— 

2 If the Secretary of Homeland Security deter3 mines that a country listed in the quarterly re4 port under subparagraph (E) has accepted each 

5 alien listed with respect to that country under 

6 subparagraph (E)(ii), the country shall be re7 moved from the list in the next quarterly report 

8 submitted under subparagraph (E) and shall 

9 not be subject to the sanctions described in this 

10 paragraph, unless subparagraph (E) applies to 

11 such country with respect to another alien. 

12 ‘‘(G) DENIES OR UNREASONABLY

13 DELAYS.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro15 vided under clause (ii), in this paragraph, 

16 a country ‘denies or unreasonably delays’ 

17 the acceptance of an alien who is a citizen, 

18 subject, national, or resident of the country 

19 if the country does not accept the alien 

20 within the removal period. 

21 ‘‘(ii) ALIEN THAT MAY NOT BE RE22 MOVED.—For purposes of clause (i), a 

23 country does not deny or unreasonably 

24 delay the acceptance of an alien who is a 

25 citizen, subject, national, or resident of the 


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1 country if such alien may not be removed 

2 pursuant to this section.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. NOTICE TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 

4 (a) NOTICE.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, the 

6 Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 

7 chief law enforcement officer of the State and of the 

8 local jurisdiction in which any alien described in 

9 paragraph (2) has been detained by the United 

10 States is released. 

11 (2) ALIEN DESCRIBED.—An alien is described 

12 in this paragraph if the alien— 

13 (A) is listed in the most recent quarterly 

14 report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland 

15 Security to the Congress under section 

16 241(b)(4)(E) of the Immigration and Nation17 ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(4)(E)); or 

18 (B) has received a final order of removal 

19 under chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration 

20 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) 

21 and has not been removed from the United 

22 States. 

23 (b) INFORMATION CONTAINED IN NOTICE.—The no24 tice under subsection (a) shall include the following infor25 mation, if available, about each alien: 


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1 (1) Name. 

2 (2) Location where the alien is released. 

3 (3) Date of release. 

4 (4) Country of nationality. 

5 (5) Detention status. 

6 (6) Criminal history, including probation and 

7 parole information. 

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