I 
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) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Ju-
diciary 
A BILL 
To prohibit the issuance of certain visas to nationals of 
a country that denies or unreasonably delays the repatri-
ation of a national ordered removed from the United 
States to such country, 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 ‘‘Deport Convicted For-
eign Criminals Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. DISCONTINUING GRANTING CERTAIN VISAS TO NA-
TIONALS OF COUNTRY DENYING OR DELAY-
ING ACCEPTING ALIENS. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Section 243 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253) is amended by strik-
ing subsection (d). 
(b) DISCONTINUING GRANTING CERTAIN VISAS TO 
NATIONALS OF COUNTRY DENYING OR DELAYING AC-
CEPTING ALIEN.—Section 241(b) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) DISCONTINUING GRANTING CERTAIN VISAS 
AND DENYING ADMISSION TO NATIONALS OF COUN-
TRY DENYING OR DELAYING ACCEPTING ALIENS.— 
‘‘(A) DISCONTINUING GRANTING VISAS.— 
Except as provided under subparagraph (C), if 
a country is listed in the most recent quarterly 
report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to the Congress under subparagraph 
(E), the Secretary of State may not issue a 
nonimmigrant 
visa 
pursuant 
to 
section 
101(a)(15)(A) to a citizen, subject, national, or 
resident of such country until— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity notifies the Secretary of State that the 
country should no longer be so listed; or 
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‘‘(ii) each alien listed in the report 
with respect to such country has otherwise 
been removed from the United States. 
‘‘(B) DENYING ADMISSION TO NATIONALS 
AND
FOREIGN
GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS.—Ex-
cept as provided under subparagraph (C), if a 
country is listed in the most recent quarterly 
report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security to the Congress under subparagraph 
(E), the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall 
deny admission to any citizen, subject, national, 
or resident of that country who has received a 
nonimmigrant 
visa 
pursuant 
to 
section 
101(a)(15)(A). 
‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTION.—Subparagraphs 
(A) 
and (B) do not apply if the Secretary of State 
determines that the life or freedom of the visa 
applicant or individual seeking admission would 
be threatened in the country listed under sub-
paragraph (E). 
‘‘(D) 
EFFECT
OF
UNAUTHORIZED 
ISSUANCE.—Any visa issued in violation of this 
paragraph shall be null and void. 
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‘‘(E) QUARTERLY
REPORTS.—Not later 
than 90 days after the date of the enactment of 
the Deport Convicted Foriegn Criminals Act, 
and every 3 months thereafter, the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall submit a report to the 
Congress that— 
‘‘(i) lists all the countries that deny or 
unreasonably delay the acceptance of at 
least 10 percent of the total number of 
aliens who— 
‘‘(I) are physically present in the 
United States; 
‘‘(II) are a citizen, subject, na-
tional, or resident of such country; 
and 
‘‘(III) have received a final order 
of removal; and 
‘‘(ii) includes the total number of 
aliens described under clause (i), organized 
by— 
‘‘(I) name; 
‘‘(II) country; 
‘‘(III) detention status; and 
‘‘(IV) criminal status. 
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‘‘(F) COMPLIANCE WITH REPATRIATION.— 
If the Secretary of Homeland Security deter-
mines that a country listed in the quarterly re-
port under subparagraph (E) has accepted each 
alien listed with respect to that country under 
subparagraph (E)(ii), the country shall be re-
moved from the list in the next quarterly report 
submitted under subparagraph (E) and shall 
not be subject to the sanctions described in this 
paragraph, unless subparagraph (E) applies to 
such country with respect to another alien. 
‘‘(G) 
DENIES
OR
UNREASONABLY 
DELAYS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided under clause (ii), in this paragraph, 
a country ‘denies or unreasonably delays’ 
the acceptance of an alien who is a citizen, 
subject, national, or resident of the country 
if the country does not accept the alien 
within the removal period. 
‘‘(ii) ALIEN THAT MAY NOT BE RE-
MOVED.—For purposes of clause (i), a 
country does not deny or unreasonably 
delay the acceptance of an alien who is a 
citizen, subject, national, or resident of the 
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country if such alien may not be removed 
pursuant to this section.’’. 
SEC. 3. NOTICE TO STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) NOTICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security shall notify the 
chief law enforcement officer of the State and of the 
local jurisdiction in which any alien described in 
paragraph (2) has been detained by the United 
States is released. 
(2) ALIEN DESCRIBED.—An alien is described 
in this paragraph if the alien— 
(A) is listed in the most recent quarterly 
report submitted by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security 
to 
the 
Congress 
under 
section 
241(b)(4)(E) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(b)(4)(E)); or 
(B) has received a final order of removal 
under chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) 
and has not been removed from the United 
States. 
(b) INFORMATION CONTAINED IN NOTICE.—The no-
tice under subsection (a) shall include the following infor-
mation, if available, about each alien: 
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