To remove aliens who fail to comply with a release order, to enroll all aliens on the nondetained docket of an immigration court in the Alternatives to Detention program with continuous GPS monitoring, and for other purposes.
The Justice for Jocelyn Act would significantly restrict how immigration authorities handle cases of immigrants not in detention. The bill requires that all immigrants on the nondetained immigration court docket be enrolled in an Alternatives to Detention program featuring continuous GPS monitoring throughout their immigration proceedings and any appeals, plus a mandatory curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. at their designated home address. The legislation also makes it much harder to release immigrants from detention by requiring that all available detention beds be filled and all reasonable efforts to detain someone be exhausted before release. Additionally, immigrants who fail to comply with the conditions of their release would be automatically ordered removed from the country without appearing in court. The bill does not specify funding amounts or implementation timelines, leaving those details for the relevant federal immigration agencies to determine.
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