To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly conduct a study and submit a report on deported veterans.

Bill: 115-hr-3103
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]
Introduced: 2017-06-28
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Congressional oversight

Government studies and investigations

Immigration status and procedures

Military operations and strategy

Military personnel and dependents

National Guard and reserves
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-26
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill requires the Departments of Defense (DOD) and of Homeland Security (DHS) to conduct a joint study on aliens who are or were veterans who were removed from the United States between January 1990 and January 2017. </p> <p>DOD and DHS shall then report to Congress on: </p> <ul> <li> the number of aliens removed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during such period who served on active duty or in a reserve component of the U.S. Armed Forces for more than 180 days,</li> <li>the country of origin for each such alien,</li> <li> the number of such aliens who were discharged or released from service under honorable conditions,</li> <li>the grounds for removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act for each such alien,</li> <li>whether each such alien appealed the removal order,</li> <li>the length of time each such alien served in the Armed Forces,</li> <li>the number of such aliens who were deployed overseas as members of the Armed Forces,</li> <li>the number who served on active duty in a combat theater of operations, and</li> <li>the number who were awarded service medals.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3103 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 28, 2017 Mr. Veasey (for himself, Mr. Takano , Mr. Gutiérrez , Mr. Gonzalez of Texas , Mr. Correa , Ms. Jackson Lee , Mr. Raskin , Mr. Al Green of Texas , Mr. Vela , Ms. McCollum , and Mrs. Demings ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary , and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security to jointly conduct a study and submit a report on deported veterans.

1. Study and report on deported veterans (a) Study required By not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly carry out a study on aliens— (1) who are or were veterans; and (2) who were removed from the United States during the period beginning on January 1, 1990, and ending on January 1, 2017. (b) Report Not later than 90 days after the date of the completion of the study required under subsection (a), the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall jointly submit to the Committees on Armed Services and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and House of Representatives a report on the study. Such report shall include each of the following: (1) The number of aliens removed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement during the period covered by the report who served on active duty in the United States Armed Forces or in a reserve component of the United States Armed Forces for a period of more than 180 days. (2) The country of origin for each alien described in paragraph (1). (3) The number of aliens described in paragraph (1) who were discharged or released from service in the Armed Forces under honorable conditions. (4) The grounds for removal under section 237(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227 ) or section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182 ), as applicable, for each alien described in paragraph (1) during the period covered by the report. (5) For each removed alien described in paragraph (1), whether the alien appealed the removal order. (6) For each such removed alien, the length of time the alien served as a member of the Armed Forces. (7) The number of such removed aliens who were deployed overseas as members of the Armed Forces. (8) The number of such removed aliens who served on active duty in a combat theater of operations as members of the Armed Forces. (9) The number of such removed aliens who were awarded service medals on the basis of service in the Armed Forces.