119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2708


To amend section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the detention of aliens who commit certain property crimes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 8, 2025

Mr. Downing (for himself, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Dunn of Florida, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Hunt, Mrs. Luna, Mr. McCormick, Mr. McGuire, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Ogles, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Weber of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary


A BILL

To amend section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the detention of aliens who commit certain property crimes.

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

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Safeguarding American Property Act of 2025”.

SEC. 2. Detention of certain criminal aliens who commit certain property crimes.

Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1)(E)(ii), by inserting “trespassing, vandalism, arson,” before “burglary”; and

(2) in paragraph (2), by striking “and ‘serious bodily injury’” and inserting “ ‘serious bodily injury’, ‘trespassing’, ‘vandalism’, and ‘arson’”.