Criminal Alien Detention and Removal Act

Bill: 114-hr-5103
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Culberson, John Abney [R-TX-7]
Introduced: 2016-04-28
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal procedure and sentencing

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>Criminal Alien Detention and Removal Act</strong></p> <p>This bill amends the federal criminal code to require: (1)&nbsp;the supervised release of an individual&nbsp;following imprisonment for a&nbsp;felony conviction, and (2) the deportation of a deportable alien who is sentenced to supervised release.</p> <p>Current law allows, but generally does not require: (1)&nbsp;the supervised release of an individual following imprisonment,&nbsp;whether&nbsp;for&nbsp;a felony or misdemeanor conviction; and (2) the deportation of a deportable alien as a condition of supervised release.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5103 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 28, 2016 Mr. Culberson (for himself, Mr. Sessions , Mr. Babin , Mr. Collins of Georgia , Mr. Grothman , and Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to require the inclusion of a term of supervised release as a part of a sentence for certain offenders, to provide for the removal of deportable alien offenders, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminal Alien Detention and Removal Act . 2. Mandatory inclusion of a term of supervised release for certain offenders; removal of deportable alien offenders Section 3583 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) by amending subsection (a) to read as follows: (a) In general The court, in imposing a sentence to a term of imprisonment— (1) except as provided in paragraph (2), may include as a part of the sentence a requirement that the defendant be placed on a term of supervised release after imprisonment if the defendant has been convicted of a misdemeanor; and (2) shall include as a part of the sentence a requirement that the defendant be placed on a term of supervised release if the defendant has been convicted of a felony, if such a term is required by statute, or if the defendant has been convicted for the first time of a domestic violence crime as defined in section 3561(b). ; (2) in subsection (c)— (A) by striking in determining whether to include a term of supervised release, and, if a term of supervised release is to be included, ; and (B) by inserting after conditions of supervised release, the following: and in the case of an offense described in subsection (a)(1), whether to include a term of supervised release, ; (3) in subsection (d), by striking the following: If an alien defendant is subject to deportation, the court may provide, as a condition of supervised release, that he be deported and remain outside the United States, and may order that he be delivered to a duly authorized immigration official for such deportation. ; and (4) by adding at the end the following: (l) Alien offenders In the case of a defendant sentenced to a term of supervised release who is a deportable alien, the court— (1) may enter a judicial order of removal against the alien, and provide that as a condition of supervised release, the alien— (A) remain outside of the United States; and (B) be delivered to a duly authorized immigration official for deportation; or (2) except in the case where the court enters a judicial order of removal described in paragraph (1), shall provide that as a condition of supervised release, the alien be delivered to a duly authorized immigration official for removal proceedings in accordance with chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq. ). .