To impose a criminal penalty on an alien who fails voluntarily to depart the United States after securing permission to do so, or who unlawfully returns to the United States after voluntarily departing.
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Latest Action · February 2, 2007
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a criminal penalty for an alien permitted to depart voluntarily from the United States who: (1) fails to do so within the time period specified (currently, subject to civil penalty only); or (2) after such departure, illegally reenters, attempts to reenter, or is present in the United States.
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