I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 578 
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to take into custody 
certain aliens who have been charged in the United States with a crime 
that resulted in the death or serious bodily injury of another person, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 21, 2025 
Mr. FEENSTRA (for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. CISCOMANI, Mr. ESTES, Mr. 
BOST, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. DESJARLAIS, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. 
BACON, Ms. SALAZAR, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mrs. MILLER of Illinois, Mr. 
GARBARINO, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Ms. MACE, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. MEUSER, 
Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mrs. 
HINSON, Mr. BABIN, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. HAMADEH of Arizona, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Mr. 
TIMMONS, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. WIED, 
Mr. OGLES, Mr. BRECHEEN, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. 
RULLI, Mr. DOWNING, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. SESSIONS, 
Mr. MCDOWELL, Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota, Mrs. BIGGS of South 
Carolina, and Mr. MCCORMICK) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to 
take into custody certain aliens who have been charged 
in the United States with a crime that resulted in the 
death or serious bodily injury of another person, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘Sarah’s Law’’. 
SEC. 2. MANDATORY DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS 
CHARGED WITH A CRIME RESULTING IN 
DEATH OR SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. 
Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘sentence’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘sentenced’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
comma at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 
the following: 
‘‘(E)(i)(I) is inadmissible under paragraph 
(6)(A), (6)(C), or (7) of section 212(a), 
‘‘(II) 
is 
deportable 
under 
section 
237(a)(1)(B) as an alien whose nonimmigrant 
visa (or other documentation authorizing admis-
sion into the United States as a nonimmigrant) 
has been revoked under section 221(i), or 
‘‘(III) 
is 
deportable 
under 
section 
237(a)(1)(C)(i), and 
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‘‘(ii) is charged with, is arrested for, is 
convicted of, admits having committed, or ad-
mits committing acts which constitute the es-
sential elements of any offense that resulted in 
the death or serious bodily injury (as defined in 
section 1365(h)(3) of title 18, United States 
Code) of another person,’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—Upon en-
countering or gaining knowledge of an alien de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall— 
‘‘(A) obtain information from law enforce-
ment agencies and from other available sources 
regarding the identity of any victims of the 
crimes for which such alien was charged, ar-
rested, or convicted; and 
‘‘(B) provide the victim or, if the victim is 
deceased, a parent, guardian, spouse, or closest 
living relative of such victim, with information, 
on a timely and ongoing basis, including— 
‘‘(i) the alien’s full name, aliases, date 
of birth, and country of nationality; 
‘‘(ii) the alien’s immigration status 
and criminal history; 
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