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To remove aliens who fail to comply with a release order, to enroll all aliens on the ICE nondetained docket in the Alternatives to Detention program with continuous GPS monitoring, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill modifies immigration enforcement procedures for aliens not held in detention. It restricts release into Alternatives to Detention programs by requiring all detention beds be full and all reasonable detention options exhausted before release. All aliens on ICE's nondetained docket must be enrolled in an Alternatives to Detention program, subject to continuous GPS monitoring throughout their immigration proceedings, and required to remain at their designated address between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. The bill also allows aliens to be ordered removed without a hearing if they fail to comply with release conditions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] (R-TX)
6 cosponsors
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Ted Cruz’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $4,424,745
- ENTREPRENEUR $458,096
- RDV CORPORATION $39,600
- AMERICAN AIRLINES $29,632
- BLACKSTONE $27,400
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Ted Cruz → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 13, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- Jan 13, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 13, 2025
Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Cassidy, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Daines, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Budd) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To remove aliens who fail to comply with a release order, to enroll all aliens on the ICE nondetained docket in the Alternatives to Detention program with continuous GPS monitoring, 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 “Justice for Jocelyn Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTION.
No alien may be released as part of any program under an Alternatives to Detention program unless—
(1) all detention beds available to the Secretary of Homeland Security have been filled;
(2) there exists no available option to hold such alien in detention; and
(3) the Secretary has exercised and exhausted all reasonable efforts to hold such alien in detention.
SEC. 3. GPS TRACKING AND CURFEW REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN ALIENS.
Each alien on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s nondetained docket shall be—
(1) enrolled in an Alternatives to Detention program;
(2) continuously subject to GPS monitoring—
(A) for the duration of all applicable immigration proceedings, including any appeal; and
(B) in the case of an alien who has been ordered removed from the United States, until removal; and
(3) required to stay in their Alternatives to Detention- compliant home address between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m.
SEC. 4. REMOVAL OF ALIENS WHO FAIL TO COMPLY WITH RELEASE ORDER.
Section 240(b)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1229a(b)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(F) Failure to comply with release order.—If an immigration officer submits an affidavit to an immigration judge stating that an alien failed to comply with a condition of release under section 236(a), such alien shall be ordered removed in absentia.”.
SEC. 5. SEVERABILITY.
If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held by a Federal court to be unconstitutional, the remainder of this Act and the application of such provisions to any other person or circumstance shall not be affected. <all>
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