Immigration Detention and Monitoring Bill
Official: Justice for Jocelyn Act
This bill aims to tighten immigration enforcement by requiring GPS monitoring of certain immigrants and allowing their removal if they fail to comply with rules. It focuses on ensuring that immigrants follow legal procedures while their cases are being processed.
Justice for Jocelyn Act This bill limits Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) Alternatives to Detention program, which supervises non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) subject to removal who are released from the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specifically, releases under this program are prohibited unless all detention beds are filled and DHS found no alternatives after exercising and exhausting all reasonable options. The bill requires all individuals on ICE’s nondetained docket to be enrolled in the program and be subject to continuous GPS monitoring and curfew. Further, the bill requires a non-U.S. national who was arrested and released to be removed in absentia if an immigration officer submits an affidavit to an immigration judge stating that the individual failed to comply with a condition of release.
1. This bill requires GPS tracking for certain immigrants during their legal proceedings. 2. It mandates that immigrants must stay at home during specific hours. 3. The bill allows for the removal of immigrants who do not follow release orders. 4. It limits the release of immigrants to situations where detention is not possible.
Immigrants facing legal proceedings in the United States.