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Detention Authority Clarification Act
To amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require mandatory detention of aliens who are physically present in the United States, but have not been admitted to the United States.
Summary
S 4593 amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify and expand mandatory detention requirements for certain aliens. The bill modifies detention provisions to explicitly include aliens who are applicants for admission to the United States and are physically present in the country but have not yet been admitted. Under the bill's changes, such aliens would be subject to mandatory detention authority. The amendments make technical changes to statutory language to clarify the scope of mandatory detention requirements.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
6 cosponsors
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
- Sen. Graham, Darline [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC)
Actions (2)
- May 20, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- May 20, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 20, 2026
Mr. Budd (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Graham, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to require mandatory detention of aliens who are physically present in the United States, but have not been admitted to the United States.
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 “Detention Authority Clarification Act”.
SEC. 2. INSPECTION AND DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS.
(a) Inspection.—Section 235(b)(2)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking “an alien seeking admission” and inserting “the applicant for admission”.
(b) Mandatory Detention.—Section 236(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) in each of subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), by striking the comma at the end and inserting a semicolon;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking “, or” at the end and inserting a semicolon;
(3) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the comma at the end and inserting “; or”; and
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
“(F) is an applicant for admission described in section 235(a)(1),”. <all>
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