Judicial deportation

(a) Judicial deportation Section 242A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252a) is amended by inserting at the end the following new subsection: (d) Judicial deportation (1) Authority In any criminal case subject to the jurisdiction of any court of the United States or of any State, such court may enter a judicial order of deportation at the time of sentencing against an alien whose criminal conviction causes such alien to be deportable under section 241(a)(2)(A)(iii) (relating to conviction of a felony). (2) Denial of judicial order Denial of a request for a judicial order of deportation shall not preclude the Attorney General from initiating deportation proceedings pursuant to section 242 upon the same ground of deportability or upon any other ground of deportability provided under section 241(a).. (b) Technical and conforming changes The ninth sentence of section 242(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1252(b)) is amended by striking out The and inserting in lieu thereof, Except as provided in section 242A(d), the. (c) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to all aliens whose adjudication of guilt or guilty plea is entered in the record after the date of enactment of this Act.