I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1932 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for extensions 
of detention of certain aliens ordered removed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 23, 2011 
Mr. SMITH of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
for extensions of detention of certain aliens ordered re-
moved, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Keep Our Commu-
nities Safe Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. DETENTION OF DANGEROUS ALIENS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 241(a) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking out ‘‘Attorney General’’ each 
place it appears, except for the first reference in 
clause (a)(4)(B)(i), and inserting ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-
graph (B) to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) BEGINNING
OF
PERIOD.—The re-
moval period begins on the latest of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) The date the order of removal be-
comes administratively final. 
‘‘(ii) If the alien is not in the custody 
of the Secretary on the date the order of 
removal becomes administratively final, the 
date the alien is taken into such custody. 
‘‘(iii) If the alien is detained or con-
fined (except under an immigration proc-
ess) on the date the order of removal be-
comes administratively final, the date the 
alien is taken into the custody of the Sec-
retary, after the alien is released from such 
detention or confinement.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (1), by amending subpara-
graph (C) to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) SUSPENSION OF PERIOD.— 
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‘‘(i) EXTENSION.—The removal period 
shall be extended beyond a period of 90 
days and the alien may remain in deten-
tion during such extended period if— 
‘‘(I) the alien fails or refuses to 
make all reasonable efforts to comply 
with the removal order, or to fully co-
operate with the Secretary’s efforts to 
establish the alien’s identity and carry 
out the removal order, including mak-
ing timely application in good faith 
for travel or other documents nec-
essary to the alien’s departure or con-
spires or acts to prevent the alien’s 
removal that is subject to an order of 
removal; 
‘‘(II) a court, the Board of Immi-
gration Appeals, or an immigration 
judge orders a stay of removal of an 
alien who is subject to an administra-
tively final order of removal; or 
‘‘(III) the Secretary transfers 
custody of the alien pursuant to law 
to another Federal agency or a State 
or local government agency in connec-
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tion with the official duties of such 
agency. 
‘‘(ii) RENEWAL.—If the removal pe-
riod has been extended under clause (C)(i), 
a new removal period shall be deemed to 
have begun on the date— 
‘‘(I) the alien makes all reason-
able efforts to comply with the re-
moval order, or to fully cooperate with 
the Secretary’s efforts to establish the 
alien’s identity and carry out the re-
moval order; 
‘‘(II) the stay of removal is no 
longer in effect; or 
‘‘(III) the alien is returned to the 
custody of the Secretary.’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)— 
(A) by adding after ‘‘If the alien does not 
leave or is not removed within the removal pe-
riod’’ the following: ‘‘or is not detained pursu-
ant to paragraph (6) of this subsection’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (D) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(D) to obey reasonable restrictions on the 
alien’s conduct or activities that the Secretary 
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prescribes for the alien, in order to prevent the 
alien from absconding, for the protection of the 
community, or for other purposes related to the 
enforcement of the immigration laws.’’. 
(5) in subparagraph (4)(A), by striking ‘‘para-
graph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (B)’’; 
(6) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(6) ADDITIONAL RULES FOR DETENTION OR 
RELEASE OF CERTAIN ALIENS.— 
‘‘(A) DETENTION
REVIEW
PROCESS
FOR 
COOPERATIVE ALIENS ESTABLISHED.—For an 
alien who is not otherwise subject to mandatory 
detention, who has made all reasonable efforts 
to comply with a removal order and to cooper-
ate fully with the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity’s efforts to establish the alien’s identity and 
carry out the removal order, including making 
timely application in good faith for travel or 
other documents necessary to the alien’s depar-
ture, and who has not conspired or acted to 
prevent removal, the Secretary shall establish 
an administrative review process to determine 
whether the alien should be detained or released 
on conditions. The Secretary shall make a de-
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termination whether to release an alien after 
the removal period in accordance with subpara-
graph (B). The determination shall include con-
sideration of any evidence submitted by the 
alien, and may include consideration of any 
other evidence, including any information or as-
sistance provided by the Secretary of State or 
other Federal official and any other information 
available to the Secretary of Homeland Security 
pertaining to the ability to remove the alien. 
‘‘(B) AUTHORITY TO DETAIN BEYOND RE-
MOVAL PERIOD.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security, in the exercise of the 
Secretary’s discretion, may continue to de-
tain an alien for 90 days beyond the re-
moval period (including any extension of 
the removal period as provided in para-
graph (1)(C)). 
‘‘(ii) SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES.—The 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in the ex-
ercise of the Secretary’s discretion, may 
continue to detain an alien beyond the 90 
days authorized in clause (i)— 
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