Interior Immigration Enforcement Act

Bill: 114-hr-5102
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2016-04-28
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Immigration status and procedures
Latest action: action_date: 2016-05-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p> <strong>Interior Immigration Enforcement Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien who is 18 or older, knowingly lacks lawful immigration status, and is present in the United States shall be fined and/or imprisoned for not more than six months for the first such offense and for not more than two years for a subsequent offense.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5102 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2016 Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. King of Iowa , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Babin , Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia , Mr. Ratcliffe , and Mr. Grothman ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a criminal penalty for an alien who lacks lawful immigration status and is present in the United States, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Interior Immigration Enforcement Act . 2. Crime of unlawful presence in the United States Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1325 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (e) Any alien who is age 18 or older and who knowingly lacks lawful immigration status and is present in the United States shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both. .