H.R. 355

119 HR 355 IH: Justice for Jocelyn Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-13
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 355
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 January 13, 2025
  Mr. Nehls  (for himself,  Mr. Hunt , and  Mr. Biggs of Arizona ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary
 A BILL
To remove aliens who fail to comply with a release order, to enroll all aliens on the nondetained docket of an immigration court in the Alternatives to Detention program with continuous GPS monitoring, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Justice for Jocelyn Act  .
2.
Limitation on participation in alternatives to detention
No alien may be released as part of any program under the Alternatives to Detention program unless—
(1)
all detention beds available to the Secretary have been filled;
(2)
there exists no available option to hold aliens in detention; and
(3)
the Secretary exercised and exhausted all reasonable efforts to hold aliens in detention.
3.
Gps tracking and curfew requirements for certain aliens
Each alien on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s nondetained docket shall be enrolled in the Alternatives to Detention program and—
(1)
shall be continuously subject to GPS monitoring—
(A)
for the duration of all applicable immigration proceedings, including any appeal; and
(B)
in the case of an alien who is ordered removed from the United States, until removal; and
(2)
shall be required to stay in their Alternatives to Detention-compliant home address between the hours of 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
4.
Removal of aliens who fail to comply with release order
Section 240(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1229a(b)(5) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(F)
Failure to comply with release order
In the case that an immigration officer submits an affidavit to an immigration judge stating that an alien failed to comply with a condition of release under section 236(a), such alien shall be ordered removed in absentia.
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5.
Severability
If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held by a Federal court to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provisions to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected.