[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 22 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 22

 To delay any legal effect or implementation of a notice of rights and 
  request for disposition form of the Immigration and Naturalization 
  Service if an alien admits to being in the United States illegally, 
   gives up the right to a hearing before departure, and requests to 
                return to his country without a hearing.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 3, 2001

Mr. LaTourette introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To delay any legal effect or implementation of a notice of rights and 
  request for disposition form of the Immigration and Naturalization 
  Service if an alien admits to being in the United States illegally, 
   gives up the right to a hearing before departure, and requests to 
                return to his country without a hearing.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. DELAY IN LEGAL EFFECT OR IMPLEMENTATION OF NOTICE OF RIGHTS 
              AND REQUEST FOR DISPOSITION FORM OF THE IMMIGRATION AND 
              NATURALIZATION SERVICE IN CERTAIN CASES.

    In any case in which an alien executes a notice of rights and 
request for disposition form of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service admitting to being in the United States illegally, giving up 
the right to a hearing before departure, and requesting to return to 
the alien's country without a hearing, such form shall not be legally 
binding on the alien and no departure or return may be implemented--
            (1) unless the form was certified after the alien consulted 
        with an attorney or other legal representative regarding the 
        alien's legal rights in the United States and such consultation 
        was conducted in the native language of the alien or with the 
        assistance of an interpreter; or
            (2) until 72 hours after the time of certification of the 
        form.
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