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Sec. 3 · S. 3645

Expanded use of expedited removal

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Section 238 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1228) is amended— (1) by striking the section header and inserting the following: Expedited removal of any noncitizen convicted of a felony or 2 misdemeanors.; (2) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking in and inserting In; and (ii) by striking any criminal offense covered in section 241(a)(2)(A)(iii), (B), (C), or (D), or any offense covered by section 241(a)(2)(A)(ii) for which both predicate offenses are, without regard to the date of their commission, otherwise covered by section 241(a)(2)(A)(i) and inserting any felony or 2 misdemeanors; (B) by moving paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) 2 ems to the right; (C) in paragraph (2)— (i) by striking an aggravated felony and inserting a felony or 2 misdemeanors; and (ii) by striking felon and inserting alien; (D) in paragraph (3)— (i) in the paragraph heading, by striking expedited and inserting Expedited; and (ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking an aggravated felony before the alien's release from incarceration for the underlying aggravated felony and inserting a felony or 2 misdemeanors before the alien's release from incarceration for the underlying crime; and (E) in paragraph (4), in the paragraph heading, by striking review and inserting Review; (3) in subsection (b)— (A) in the subsection header, by striking Who Are Not Permanent Residents; (B) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the following: (1) In general The Attorney General may determine the deportability of an alien who has been convicted of a felony or 2 misdemeanors and issue an order of removal pursuant to the procedures set forth in this subsection or in section 240.; and (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively; (4) in the first subsection (c), by striking an aggravated felony and inserting a felony or 2 misdemeanors; and (5) by redesignating the second subsection (c) as subsection (d).

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