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Rapid Expulsion of Migrant Offenders who Violate and Evade (REMOVE) Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the timely completion of all removal proceedings.

Introduced Jun 5, 2025

Latest action (Jun 5, 2025) Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration
Legislative subjects (3)
Border security and unlawful immigrationDetention of personsImmigration status and procedures

Summary
  • Requires the Attorney General to commence removal proceedings as promptly as possible after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement files a Notice to Appear with the immigration court.
  • Requires the Attorney General to commence removal proceedings as expeditiously as possible for aliens who have been convicted of offenses that make them deportable.
  • Requires all immigration court proceedings to be completed not later than 15 days after they are commenced.
  • Directs the Attorney General to issue regulations, guidance, and take other necessary actions to ensure all immigration court proceedings are completed within the 15-day deadline.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 5, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
  2. Jun 5, 2025 Introduced in Senate

More bills on these subjects (8)

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  • HR 9773 — Permanent Trump Secure Border Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7147 — Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2026. (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 8029 — Pay Our Homeland Defenders Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 7744 — Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)
  • S 3322 — Upholding Protections for Unaccompanied Children Act of 2025 (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 4371 — Kayla Hamilton Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 4711 — REMOVE Act (shares 3 subjects)
  • HR 5371 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026 (shares 3 subjects)

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 5713 — Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act · Introduced Mar 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 72%
  • HR 698 — Asylum Accountability Act · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 71%
  • S 1817 — Expedited Removal Expansion Act of 2025 · Introduced May 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 68%
  • S 1827 — Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act · Introduced May 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • HR 3725 — Preventing the Abuse of Immigration Parole Act · Introduced Jun 4, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%
  • S 158 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act · Introduced Jan 21, 2025 · Cong. 119 67%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in Senate · Jun 5, 2025

Only one text version is on file, so there’s no earlier version to compare against yet.

Full text

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

June 5, 2025

Mrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Budd, and Mrs. Moody) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure the timely completion of all removal proceedings.

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 “Rapid Expulsion of Migrant Offenders who Violate and Evade (REMOVE) Act”.

SEC. 2. TIMELY REMOVAL OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED.

Section 239(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229(d)) is amended—

(1) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and

(2) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

“(1) The Attorney General shall commence removal proceedings as promptly as possible after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement files, with the immigration court, a Notice to Appear that has been served on an alien. If such alien was convicted of an offense making the alien deportable under section 237(a), the Attorney General shall commence any removal proceeding with respect to such alien as expeditiously as possible after the date on which such alien was convicted of such offense.

“(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including section 208(d)(5)(A), the Attorney General shall take all actions, including promulgating relevant regulations, issuing relevant guidance, and any other relevant actions, to ensure all immigration court proceedings with respect to an alien referred to in paragraph (1) are completed not later than 15 days after they are commenced.”. <all>

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