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<dc:title>117 S1055 IS: Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2021</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2021-03-25</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code><congress>117th CONGRESS</congress><session>1st Session</session><legis-num>S. 1055</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><action><action-date date="20210325">March 25, 2021</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="S389">Mr. Kennedy</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the <committee-name committee-id="SSJU00">Committee on the Judiciary</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title>To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that any alien who has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, is deportable, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body style="OLC" display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" id="H20D0C724F0E44BEFAF45919074F1CEF7"><section section-type="section-one" id="HF282146075E04EF0A5DDD6C4543F569F"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2021</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="H64CFE8B8BE5D4EED9EC2674B3BA0983F"><enum>2.</enum><header>Criminal grounds for deportability</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB7D707D115924F86871637F49BB9D9AF"><paragraph id="H4568C681304548C7B9F2390178B1C515"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Criminal grounds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any alien who, at any time after admission, has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, whether under State or Federal law, is deportable.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></legis-body></bill>


