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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3486 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for 
individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after being 
removed, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 19, 2025 
Mrs. BICE (for herself, Mr. KNOTT, Mr. ZINKE, and Mr. SCHMIDT) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase 
penalties for individuals who illegally enter and reenter 
the United States after being removed, 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 ‘‘Stop Illegal Entry 
Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY ALIENS UNLAWFULLY 
PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) Any alien— 
‘‘(1) who— 
‘‘(A) enters or attempts to enter the 
United States at any time or place other than 
as designated by immigration officers, 
‘‘(B) eludes examination or inspection by 
immigration officers, or 
‘‘(C) attempts to enter or obtains entry to 
the United States by a willfully false or mis-
leading representation or the willful conceal-
ment of a material fact, and 
‘‘(2) thereafter is convicted of any crime pun-
ishable by more than 1 year of imprisonment, 
may be fined under title 18, United States Code, and shall 
be imprisoned not less than 5 years and may be impris-
oned for any term of years or for life.’’. 
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SEC. 3. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR REENTRY OF RE-
MOVED ALIEN. 
Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 
(2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b) and 
(c), any alien who— 
‘‘(1) has been denied admission, excluded, de-
ported, removed, or has departed the United States 
while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal 
is outstanding; and 
‘‘(2) thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is 
at any time found in, the United States, unless— 
‘‘(A) prior to the alien’s reembarkation at 
a place outside the United States or the alien’s 
application for admission from foreign contig-
uous territory, the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity has expressly consented to such alien’s 
reapplying for admission; or 
‘‘(B) with respect to an alien previously de-
nied admission and removed, such alien estab-
lishes that the alien was not required to obtain 
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such advance consent under this or any prior 
Act, 
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, impris-
oned not more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(b) CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR REENTRY OF CER-
TAIN REMOVED ALIENS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the pen-
alty under subsection (a), and except as provided in 
subsection (c), an alien described in subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) who was convicted before such re-
moval or departure of 3 or more misdemeanors 
involving drugs, crimes against the person, or 
both shall be fined under title 18, United States 
Code, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or 
both; 
‘‘(B) who has been excluded from the 
United States pursuant to section 235(c) be-
cause the alien was inadmissible under section 
212(a)(3)(B) or who has been removed from 
the United States pursuant to the provisions of 
title V, and who thereafter, without the permis-
sion of the Secretary of Homeland Security, en-
ters the United States, or attempts to do so, 
shall be fined under title 18, United States 
Code, and imprisoned for a period of 10 years, 
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which sentence shall not run concurrently with 
any other sentence; 
‘‘(C) who was removed from the United 
States pursuant to section 241(a)(4)(B) who 
thereafter, without the permission of the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, enters, attempts 
to enter, or is at any time found in, the United 
States, shall be fined under title 18, United 
States Code, imprisoned for not more than 10 
years, or both; and 
‘‘(D) who has been denied admission, ex-
cluded, deported, or removed 3 or more times 
and thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is 
at any time found in the United States, shall be 
fined under title 18, United States Code, im-
prisoned not more than 10 years, or both. 
‘‘(2) REMOVAL
DEFINED.—In this subsection 
and in subsection (c), the term ‘removal’ includes 
any agreement in which an alien stipulates to re-
moval during (or not during) a criminal trial under 
either Federal or State law. 
‘‘(c) MANDATORY MINIMUM CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR 
REENTRY
OF CERTAIN REMOVED ALIENS.—Notwith-
standing the penalties provided in subsections (a) and (b), 
an alien described in subsection (a)— 
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‘‘(1) who was convicted before such removal or 
departure of— 
‘‘(A) any aggravated felony; 
‘‘(B) any crime defined as a felony by the 
relevant jurisdiction (Federal, State, Tribal, or 
local) of conviction; or 
‘‘(C) any crime punishable by more than 1 
year of imprisonment; or 
‘‘(2) who was convicted under this section at 
least 2 times before such removal or departure, 
may be fined under title 18, United States Code, and shall 
be imprisoned not less than 10 years and may be impris-
oned for any term of years or for life.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), as redesignated by para-
graph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘section 242(h)(2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 241(a)(4)’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’. 
Æ 
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