ACE Act

Bill: 117-hr-8714
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7]
Introduced: 2022-08-12
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-08-12
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Alien Criminal Expulsion Act or the ACE Act</strong></p> <p>This bill modifies the actions that the Department of State must take with regards to a foreign country that refuses to accept a citizen or national of that country who is subject to a final order of removal from the United States. </p> <p>Currently, the State Department must discontinue granting immigration visas, nonimmigrant visas, or both, to citizens or nationals of that country until the country has accepted the individual subject to removal. Under this bill, the State Department must discontinue granting both types of visas until the country accepts the individual.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8714 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES August 12, 2022 Mr. Tiffany introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to halt the issuance of immigrant and nonimmigrant visas to nationals of recalcitrant countries, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Alien Criminal Expulsion Act or the ACE Act . 2. Mandatory suspension of all visas Section 243(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1253(d) ) is amended— (1) by striking Attorney General each place it appears and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security ; (2) by striking or nonimmigrant visas, or both, and inserting and nonimmigrant visas ; and (3) by striking notifies the Secretary and inserting and the Secretary of State notify Congress .