Sec. 2. Increased penalties for reentry of removed alien
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Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1326 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections
(c)and
(d)as subsections
(d)and (e), respectively; by striking subsections
(a)and
(b)and inserting the following: Subject to subsections
(b)and (c), any alien who— has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding; and thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in, the United States, unless— prior to the alien’s reembarkation at a place outside the United States or the alien’s application for admission from foreign contiguous territory, the Secretary of Homeland Security has expressly consented to such alien’s reapplying for admission; or with respect to an alien previously denied admission and removed, such alien shall establish that the alien was not required to obtain such advance consent under this Act or any prior Act; shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. Notwithstanding the penalty provided in subsection (a), and except as provided in subsection (c), an alien described in subsection (a)— who was convicted before such removal or departure of three or more misdemeanors involving drugs, crimes against the person, or both, or a felony (other than an aggravated felony), shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both; who has been excluded from the United States pursuant to section 235(c) because the alien was excludable under section 212(a)(3)(B) or who has been removed from the United States pursuant to the provisions of title V, and who thereafter, without the permission of the Secretary of Homeland Security, enters the United States, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, and imprisoned for a period of 10 years, which sentence shall not run concurrently with any other sentence; who was removed from the United States pursuant to section 241(a)(4)(B) who thereafter, without the permission of the Secretary of Homeland Security, enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in, the United States (unless the Secretary of Homeland Security has expressly consented to such alien’s reentry) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both; and who has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed 3 or more times and thereafter enters, attempts to enter, crosses the border to, attempts to cross the border to, or is at any time found in the United States, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. In this subsection and subsection (c), the term removal includes any agreement in which an alien stipulates to removal during (or not during) a criminal trial under either Federal or State law. Notwithstanding the penalties provided in subsections
(a)and (b), an alien described in subsection (a)— who was convicted before such removal or departure of an aggravated felony; or who was convicted at least two times before such removal or departure of illegal reentry under this section; shall be imprisoned not less than five years and not more than 20 years, and may, in addition, be fined under title 18, United States Code. ; and in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (1)— by striking section 242(h)(2) and inserting section 241(a)(4) ; and by striking Attorney General and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security .
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Sec. 2
Increased penalties for reentry of removed alien
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