“To amend section 236(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to the detention of aliens who commit certain property crimes.”
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This section modifies mandatory detention requirements for certain criminal aliens under INA Section 236(c) (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)), which requires custody pending a removal decision for aliens inadmissible or deportable due to specified criminal or terrorist activity (with release permitted only pursuant to witness protection under 18 U.S.C. 3521 if the alien poses no danger and is likely to appear), as follows: (1) in paragraph (1)(E)(ii), inserting “trespassing, vandalism, arson,” before “burglary”; and (2) in paragraph (2), striking “and ‘serious bodily injury’” and inserting “‘serious bodily injury’, ‘trespassing’, ‘vandalism’, and ‘arson’”. (Thus, these changes add convictions for trespassing, vandalism, or arson as predicate offenses triggering mandatory detention without bond.)