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119th CongressS. 72

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Justice for Jocelyn Act

SEC. 1. SHORT TITLETrack this section →

This Act may be cited as the Justice for Jocelyn Act.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN ALTERNATIVES TO DETENTIONTrack this section →

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 ALIENSTrack this section →

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 ORDERTrack this section →

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. SEVERABILITYTrack this section →

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.

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