Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Check-Ins for Immigrants Act”.
Safe Check-Ins for Immigrants Act
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an option for virtual periodic appearances for aliens pending a decision on whether the alien is to be removed from the United States, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Virtual periodic appearances for aliens pending a decision on whether the alien is to be removed from the United States
Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(g) Virtual periodic appearances
“(1) In general—The Secretary of Homeland Security shall permit an alien described in paragraph (2) to appear virtually by video teleconference to satisfy the requirement described in paragraph (2)(B).
“(2) Alien described—An alien described in this paragraph is an alien who—
“(A) is released under subsection (a)(2); and
“(B) is required to appear before an immigration officer (or before a case manager pursuant to an alternatives to detention program) periodically pending a decision on whether the alien is to be removed from the United States as a condition of such release.”