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Expedited Removal Expansion Act of 2025
To amend section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to treat inadmissible aliens more consistently regardless of their country of nationality, and for other purposes.
Summary
The Expedited Removal Expansion Act of 2025 amends immigration law to expand the Secretary of Homeland Security's authority to use expedited removal procedures for certain inadmissible aliens. The bill removes existing exceptions that previously limited expedited removal in certain circumstances and grants the Secretary broad, unreviewable discretion to apply expedited removal to any alien found inadmissible under specified grounds, with the ability to modify these decisions at any time. The law also changes the evidentiary standard from "a significant possibility" to "clear and convincing evidence" in certain proceedings and consolidates authority under the Secretary of Homeland Security rather than the Attorney General.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Schmitt, Eric [R-MO] (R-MO)
Actions (2)
- May 20, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- May 20, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 20, 2025
Mr. Schmitt introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend section 235 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to treat inadmissible aliens more consistently regardless of their country of nationality, and for other purposes.
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 “Expedited Removal Expansion Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. INSPECTION OF ALIENS FOR ADMISSION.
Section 235(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in clause (i)—
(i) by striking “(other than an alien described in subparagraph (F))”; and
(ii) by striking “section 212(a)(6)(C) or 212(a)(7)” and inserting “paragraph (6) or
(7) of section 212(a)”;
(B) in clause (ii)—
(i) by striking “(other than an alien described in subparagraph (F))”; and
(ii) by striking “section 212(a)(6)(C) or 212(a)(7)” and inserting “paragraph (6) or
(7) of section 212(a)”; and
(C) by amending clause (iii) to read as follows:
“(iii) Application to certain other aliens.—The Secretary of Homeland Security may apply clauses (i) and (ii) to any alien who is inadmissible under paragraph (6) or (7) of section 212(a), without limitation. Such application shall be in the sole and unreviewable discretion of the Secretary and may be modified by the Secretary at any time.”;
(2) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) by striking “Attorney General” each place such term appears and inserting “Secretary of Homeland Security”; and
(B) in clause (v), by striking “a significant possibility” and inserting “clear and convincing evidence”;
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking “Attorney General” and inserting “Secretary of Homeland Security”;
(4) by striking subparagraph (F); and
(5) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (F). <all>
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