[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 6 (Monday, January 13, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S93]
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  SA 3. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States 
with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. PAROLE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.

       Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraph (B) 
     or'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C) and'';
       (2) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(C)(i) The Secretary of Homeland Security may parole any 
     alien qualified under clause (ii) into the United States--
       ``(I) at the discretion of the Secretary;
       ``(II) on a case-by-case basis; and
       ``(III) temporarily under such conditions as the Secretary 
     may prescribe.
       ``(ii) To qualify for parole under clause (i) an alien 
     applying for admission to the United States shall--
       ``(I) be a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38, 
     United States Code);
       ``(II) seek parole to receive health care furnished by the 
     Secretary of Veterans Affairs under chapter 17 of title 38, 
     United States Code; and
       ``(III) be outside of the United States pursuant to having 
     been ordered removed or voluntarily departed from the United 
     States under section 240B.
       ``(iii) Parole of an alien under clause (i) shall not be 
     regarded as an admission of the alien.
       ``(iv) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines 
     that the purposes of such parole have been served the alien 
     shall forthwith return or be returned to the custody from 
     which the alien was paroled.
       ``(v) Parole shall not be available under clause (i) for an 
     alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction--
       ``(I)(aa) for a crime of violence (as defined in section 
     16(a) of title 18, United States Code), excluding a purely 
     political offense; or
       ``(bb) for a crime that endangers the national security of 
     the United States; and
       ``(II) for which the alien has served a term of 
     imprisonment of at least 5 years.''.
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