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SEC. 13. REPEALS.
(a) CHALLENGES TO DEPORTATION ORDERS.—Sec-
tion 276(d) (8 U.S.C. 1326(d)) is repealed and such repeal
shall apply to all cases pending at any stage in any court
as of the date of enactment of this Act and to all cases
brought on or after such date.
(b) COLLATERAL ATTACKS.—Section 235(b)(1)(D) is
repealed, and such repeal shall apply to all cases brought
on or after such date.
SEC. 14. REMOVAL OF ALIENS WHO ARE NOT PERMANENT
RESIDENTS AND WHO HAVE NO RELIEF FROM
REMOVAL.
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR RELIEF FROM REMOVAL.—
Section 238(b)(5) (8 U.S.C. 1228(b)(5)) is repealed, and
such repeal shall apply to all proceeding spending at any
stage as of the date of enactment of this Act and to all
cases brought on or after such date.
(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR DETERMINATIONS OF DE-
PORTABILITY
AND
ORDERS
OF
REMOVAL.—Section
238(b)(2) (8 U.S.C. 1228(b)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph
(A);
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph:
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‘‘(C) is not eligible for any relief from re-
moval.’’.
SEC. 15. REPEAL OF GROUND OF INADMISSIBILITY.
Section 212(a)(9)(B) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(9)(B)) is re-
pealed.
SEC. 16. REOPENING OF CERTAIN PROCEEDINGS AND PA-
ROLE OF CERTAIN PREVIOUSLY REMOVED
ALIENS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall estab-
lish a process by which an alien described in subsection
(b) may apply for reopening a proceeding so as to seek
relief from exclusion, deportation, or removal under sec-
tion 212(c), as such section was in effect prior to the en-
actment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty
Act, or section 240A, as amended by this Act.
(b) ALIEN DESCRIBED.—An alien referred to in sub-
section (a) is an alien who received a final order of exclu-
sion, deportation, or removal, or a decision on a petition
for review or petition for habeas corpus on or after the
effective date of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act and who would have been eligible for relief
from exclusion, deportation, or removal under the amend-
ments made by this Act.
(c) PAROLE.—The Attorney General may exercise the
parole authority under section 212(d)(5)(a) of the Immi-
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gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) for
the purpose of permitting aliens excluded, deported, or re-
moved from the United States to participate in the process
established under subsection (a), if the alien establishes
prima facie eligibility for the relief.
(d) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A judgment regarding the
granting or denial of relief under this section shall be sub-
ject to judicial review in accordance with the appropriate
section of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
SEC. 17. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.
In the case of an alien who is eligible for relief under
section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (as
in effect before the enactment of section 440(d) of the
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
(Public Law 104–132; 110 Stat. 1277), nothing in this
Act shall be construed to modify such eligibility.
SEC. 18. AUTHORITY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, nothing
in this Act shall be construed to diminish the authority
of the Attorney General to exercise discretion in appro-
priate cases involving urgent humanitarian reasons, a sig-
nificant public benefit (including ensuring family unity),
or other sufficiently compelling reasons.
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SEC. 19. TREATMENT OF ALIENS WHO HAVE MADE FALSE
CLAIMS OF CITIZENSHIP OR WHO HAVE UN-
LAWFULLY VOTED.
(a) KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENT.—
(1) 
MISREPRESENTATIONS.—Sections
212(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(6)(C)(ii)(I))
and 237(a)(3)(D)(i) (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(3)(D)(i)) are
amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘knowingly’’ after ‘‘alien
who’’ each place it appears; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘knowingly’’ after ‘‘has’’
each place it appears.
(2) 
UNLAWFUL
VOTERS.—Sections
212(a)(10)(D)(i) (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(10)(D)(i)) and
237(a)(6)(A) (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(6)(A)) are amended
by striking ‘‘has voted’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘has knowingly voted’’.
(b) WAIVERS.—
(1) ADMISSIBILITY OF ALIEN UNLAWFUL VOT-
ERS.—Section 
212(a)(10)(D) 
(8 
U.S.C.
1182(a)(10)(D)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—The Attorney General
may, in the discretion of the Attorney Gen-
eral, waive the application of clause (i) in
the case of an immigrant who is the par-