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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · S. 744 (Reported in Senate) — To provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes. · Sec. 3502

Sec. 3502. Improving immigration court efficiency and reducing costs by increasing access to legal information

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Section 292 ( 8 U.S.C. 1362 ) is amended— by inserting
(a)before In any ; by striking (at no expense to the Government) ; by striking he shall and inserting the person shall ; and by adding at the end the following: The Government is not required to provide counsel to aliens under subsection (a). However, the Attorney General may, in the Attorney General’s sole and unreviewable discretion, appoint or provide counsel to aliens in immigration proceedings conducted under section 240 of this Act. . Section 240(b)(4) ( 8 U.S.C. 1229a(b)(4) ) is amended— in subparagraph (A), by striking , at no expense to the Government, ; and by adding at the end the following: The Government is not required to provide counsel to aliens under this paragraph. However, the Attorney General may, in the Attorney General’s sole and unreviewable discretion, appoint or provide counsel at government expense to aliens in immigration proceedings. . Section 292 ( 8 U.S.C. 1362 ), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding subsection (b), the Attorney General shall appoint counsel, at the expense of the Government, if necessary, to represent an alien in a removal proceeding who has been determined by the Secretary to be an unaccompanied alien child, is incompetent to represent himself or herself due to a serious mental disability that would be included in section 3(2) of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 12102(2) ), or is considered particularly vulnerable when compared to other aliens in removal proceedings, such that the appointment of counsel is necessary to help ensure fair resolution and efficient adjudication of the proceedings. . There shall be appropriated, from the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Trust Fund established under section 6(a)(1), such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section and the amendments made by this section.
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