115th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, upon the request of a law enforcement official, to make a prompt determination of whether to issue a detainer in the case of an alien arrested for a violation of Federal, State, or local law.
March 2, 2017
Mr. Carter of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Brooks of Alabama, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Harris, Mr. Palazzo, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of Michigan, Mr. Rouzer, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Olson, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Babin, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. Yoho, and Mr. Smith of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, upon the request of a law enforcement official, to make a prompt determination of whether to issue a detainer in the case of an alien arrested for a violation of Federal, State, or local law.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Assuring Law Enforcement Requests Are Timely Evaluated by the Department of Homeland Security Act of 2017” or the “ALERTED Act of 2017”.
SEC. 2. Determination of issuance of detainer.
Section 287(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(d)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking “relating to controlled substances”.