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Accountability Through Deportation Act

H.R. 8548 · 118th Congress · May 23, 2024 · Lineage

A BILL

To remove aliens who fail to comply with a release order, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the “Accountability Through Deportation Act” or the “ATD Act”.

Sec. 2 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—In the case that 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.”