Implementation

(a) Identification The Secretary shall identify noncitizen service members and veterans at risk of removal from the United States by— (1) before initiating a removal proceeding against a noncitizen, asking the noncitizen whether he or she is serving, or has served, as a member of— (A) a regular or reserve component of the Armed Forces on active duty; or (B) a reserve component of the Armed Forces in an active status; (2) requiring U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to seek supervisory approval before initiating a removal proceeding against a service member or veteran; and (3) keeping records of any service member or veteran who has been— (A) the subject of a removal proceeding; (B) detained by the Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; or (C) removed from the United States. (b) Record annotation (1) In general In the case of a noncitizen service member or veteran identified under subsection (a), the Secretary shall annotate all immigration and naturalization records of the Department of Homeland Security relating to the noncitizen— (A) to reflect that the noncitizen is a service member or veteran; and (B) to afford an opportunity to track the outcomes for the noncitizen. (2) Contents of annotation Each annotation under paragraph (1) shall include— (A) the branch of military service in which the noncitizen is serving or has served; (B) whether the noncitizen is serving, or has served, during a period of military hostilities described in section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1440); (C) the immigration status of the noncitizen on the date of enlistment; (D) whether the noncitizen is serving honorably or was separated under honorable conditions; (E) the ground on which removal of the noncitizen from the United States was sought; and (F) in the case of a noncitizen, the removal proceedings of whom were initiated on the basis of a criminal conviction, the crime for which the noncitizen was convicted.