[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8381 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8381

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an option for 
 virtual periodic appearances for aliens pending a decision on whether 
   the alien is to be removed from the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 2026

   Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an option for 
 virtual periodic appearances for aliens pending a decision on whether 
   the alien is to be removed from the United States, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Safe Check-Ins for Immigrants Act''.

SEC. 2. VIRTUAL PERIODIC APPEARANCES FOR ALIENS PENDING A DECISION ON 
              WHETHER THE ALIEN IS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE UNITED 
              STATES.

    Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(g) Virtual Periodic Appearances.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
        permit an alien described in paragraph (2) to appear virtually 
        by video teleconference to satisfy the requirement described in 
        paragraph (2)(B).
            ``(2) Alien described.--An alien described in this 
        paragraph is an alien who--
                    ``(A) is released under subsection (a)(2); and
                    ``(B) is required to appear before an immigration 
                officer (or before a case manager pursuant to an 
                alternatives to detention program) periodically pending 
                a decision on whether the alien is to be removed from 
                the United States as a condition of such release.''.
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