This bill aims to ensure that certain immigrants who are unlawfully in the U.S. and have been arrested for specific crimes are detained. It also speeds up the process for deciding whether they should be removed from the country.
Grant's Law This bill requires the Department of Justice to detain a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) found to be unlawfully present in the United States and arrested for various crimes that would render the individual deportable or inadmissible. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may release the individual to an appropriate authority for proceedings related to the arrest, but DHS must resume custody for any period that the individual is not in such authority's custody. If the individual is not convicted of crimes for which the individual was arrested, DHS must continue to detain the individual until removal proceedings are completed. DHS must complete such removal proceedings within 90 days.
1. This bill requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to detain certain immigrants who are unlawfully present and arrested for specific crimes. 2. It adds new rules for detaining immigrants who have committed offenses that could lead to their removal from the United States. 3. The bill mandates that removal proceedings for these detained immigrants must be completed within 90 days. 4. It allows the Secretary to release detained immigrants to appropriate authorities for legal proceedings but requires them to be held until their status is resolved. 5. The bill changes who is responsible for detaining these individuals from the Attorney General to the Secretary of Homeland Security.
This bill affects immigrants in the U.S. who are unlawfully present and have been arrested for certain criminal offenses.