Safe Check-Ins for Immigrants Act in plain language
1: Short title
This section would let the Act be called the Safe Check-Ins for Immigrants Act.
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Safe Check-Ins for Immigrants Act .
2: Virtual periodic appearances for aliens pending a decision on whether the alien is to be removed from the United States
This section would add a new subsection (g) to section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226). It would require the Secretary of Homeland Security to permit certain aliens to appear by video teleconference instead of in person to satisfy a periodic check-in requirement. The video option would apply only to an alien who has been released under section 236(a)(2) of that Act and who, as a condition of that release, must periodically appear before an immigration officer, or before a case manager under an alternatives-to-detention program, while a decision on whether the alien is to be removed from the United States is pending.
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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. .