S.Amdt. 1644

SA 1644. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1183 submitted by Mr. Leahy (for himself and Mr. Hatch) to
the bill S. 744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle G of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3722. REMOVAL OF NONIMMIGRANTS WHO OVERSTAY THEIR VISAS.

(a) In General.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall immediately
initiate removal proceedings, in accordance with chapter 4 of
title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1221 et seq.), against not fewer than 90 percent of the
aliens who--
(1) were admitted as nonimmigrants after such date of
enactment; and
(2) have exceeded their authorized period of admission.
(b) Report.--At the end of each calendar quarter, the
Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that identifies--
(1) the total number of aliens who exceeded their
authorized period of stay as nonimmigrants during that
quarter;

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(2) the total number of aliens described in paragraph (1)
against whom the Secretary has initiated removal proceedings;
and
(3) statistics about aliens who lawfully entered the United
States and exceeded their authorized period of admission,
categorized by visa type and nation of origin.
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