[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S147]
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  SA 31. Ms. HIRONO 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 end, add the following:

     SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO ALIENS UNDER 18 YEARS 
                   OF AGE.

       Section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1226(c)), as amended by this Act, is further amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) Exclusion.--An alien who is or was 18 years of age or 
     younger on the date on which the alien is or was charged 
     with, is or was arrested for, is or was convicted of, admits 
     or admitted to having committed, or admits or admitted 
     committing acts which constitute the essential elements of an 
     offense described in paragraph (1)(E) shall not be subject to 
     detention or custody under that paragraph.''.
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