departure, or conspiracies or acts 
to prevent removal; 
‘‘(II) until the alien is removed, 
if the Secretary of Homeland Security 
certifies in writing— 
‘‘(aa) in consultation with 
the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, that the alien 
has a highly contagious disease 
that poses a threat to public safe-
ty; 
‘‘(bb) after receipt of a writ-
ten recommendation from the 
Secretary of State, that release 
of the alien is likely to have seri-
ous adverse foreign policy con-
sequences for the United States; 
‘‘(cc) based on information 
available to the Secretary of 
Homeland 
Security 
(including 
classified, sensitive, or national 
security information, and without 
regard to the grounds upon 
which the alien was ordered re-
moved), that there is reason to 
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believe that the release of the 
alien would threaten the national 
security of the United States; or 
‘‘(dd) that the release of the 
alien will threaten the safety of 
the community or any person, 
conditions of release cannot rea-
sonably be expected to ensure the 
safety of the community or any 
person, and either (AA) the alien 
has been convicted of one or 
more aggravated felonies (as de-
fined in section 101(a)(43)(A)) 
or of one or more crimes identi-
fied by the Secretary of Home-
land Security by regulation, or of 
one or more attempts or conspir-
acies to commit any such aggra-
vated felonies or such identified 
crimes, if the aggregate term of 
imprisonment for such attempts 
or conspiracies is at least 5 
years; or (BB) the alien has com-
mitted one or more crimes of vio-
lence (as defined in section 16 of 
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title 18, United States Code, but 
not including a purely political 
offense) and, because of a mental 
condition or personality disorder 
and behavior associated with that 
condition or disorder, the alien is 
likely to engage in acts of vio-
lence in the future; or 
‘‘(ee) that the release of the 
alien will threaten the safety of 
the community or any person, 
conditions of release cannot rea-
sonably be expected to ensure the 
safety of the community or any 
person, and the alien has been 
convicted of at least one aggra-
vated felony (as defined in sec-
tion 101(a)(43)); or 
‘‘(III) pending a determination 
under subclause (II), so long as the 
Secretary of Homeland Security has 
initiated the administrative review 
process not later than 30 days after 
the expiration of the removal period 
(including any extension of the re-
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moval period, as provided in sub-
section (a)(1)(C)). 
‘‘(C) RENEWAL AND DELEGATION OF CER-
TIFICATION.— 
‘‘(i) RENEWAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may renew a certifi-
cation 
under 
subparagraph 
(B)(ii)(II) 
every 6 months without limitation, after 
providing an opportunity for the alien to 
request reconsideration of the certification 
and to submit documents or other evidence 
in support of that request. If the Secretary 
does not renew a certification, the Sec-
retary may not continue to detain the alien 
under subparagraph (B)(ii)(II). 
‘‘(ii) DELEGATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 103, the Secretary of Homeland 
Security may not delegate the authority to 
make or renew a certification described in 
item (bb), (cc), or (ee) of subparagraph 
(B)(ii)(II) below the level of the Assistant 
Secretary for Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement. 
‘‘(iii) HEARING.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may request that the 
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