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Safeguarding American Property Act of 2025
To amend section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the detention of aliens who commit certain property crimes.
Summary
This bill amends federal immigration law to expand the types of crimes that trigger mandatory detention of non-citizens. Specifically, it adds trespassing, vandalism, and arson to the list of property crimes for which immigration authorities must detain foreign nationals pending removal proceedings. Previously, these crimes did not automatically trigger mandatory detention under immigration law. The changes align property crime detention requirements with existing mandatory detention rules for other criminal convictions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT)
36 cosponsors
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE)
- Rep. Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7] (R-MI)
- Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3] (R-SC)
- Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Rep. Calvert, Ken [R-CA-41] (R-CA)
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
- Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] (R-TN)
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL)
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC)
- Rep. Finstad, Brad [R-MN-1] (R-MN)
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN)
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-TX-26] (R-TX)
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX)
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL)
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC)
- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX)
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Rep. Kim, Young [R-CA-40] (R-CA)
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL)
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA)
- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC)
- Rep. McGuire, John [R-VA-5] (R-VA)
- Rep. Messmer, Mark [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA)
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC)
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC)
- Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-TN-5] (R-TN)
- Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] (R-PA)
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Rep. Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6] (R-OH)
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Rep. Taylor, David [R-OH-2] (R-OH)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
- Rep. Zinke, Ryan K. [R-MT-1] (R-MT)
Actions (2)
- Apr 8, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Apr 8, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 8, 2025
Mr. Downing (for himself, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Hunt, Mrs. Luna, Mr. McCormick, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the detention of aliens who commit certain property crimes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safeguarding American Property Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL ALIENS WHO COMMIT CERTAIN PROPERTY CRIMES.
Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(E)(ii), by inserting “trespassing, vandalism, arson,” before “burglary”; and
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “and ‘serious bodily injury”’ and inserting “‘serious bodily injury’, ‘trespassing’, ‘vandalism’, and ‘arson”’. <all>
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