The Deportation Compliance Act would cut off foreign assistance to countries that refuse or unreasonably delay accepting their own citizens when the U.S. tries to deport them. Under current law, the Secretary of State can suspend visa processing for countries that don't cooperate with deportations, and this bill makes that visa suspension trigger an automatic ban on all federal foreign aid after 180 days if the country continues to refuse deportations. The legislation affects any country whose nationals the U.S. seeks to return, and it applies to all forms of foreign assistance funded by federal dollars. There is no specific funding amount allocated in the bill, as it operates by restricting how existing foreign aid funds can be spent, and the sanctions would take effect once the State Department has suspended visas for 180 days and the country still hasn't complied with accepting deportees.
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