S.Amdt. 3

SA 3. Ms. DUCKWORTH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
her to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to
take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States
with theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. PAROLE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS.

Section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)) is amended--
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraph (B)
or'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (B) and (C) and'';
(2) by striking ``Attorney General'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(C)(i) The Secretary of Homeland Security may parole any
alien qualified under clause (ii) into the United States--
``(I) at the discretion of the Secretary;
``(II) on a case-by-case basis; and
``(III) temporarily under such conditions as the Secretary
may prescribe.
``(ii) To qualify for parole under clause (i) an alien
applying for admission to the United States shall--
``(I) be a veteran (as defined in section 101 of title 38,
United States Code);
``(II) seek parole to receive health care furnished by the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs under chapter 17 of title 38,
United States Code; and
``(III) be outside of the United States pursuant to having
been ordered removed or voluntarily departed from the United
States under section 240B.
``(iii) Parole of an alien under clause (i) shall not be
regarded as an admission of the alien.
``(iv) If the Secretary of Homeland Security determines
that the purposes of such parole have been served the alien
shall forthwith return or be returned to the custody from
which the alien was paroled.
``(v) Parole shall not be available under clause (i) for an
alien who is inadmissible due to a criminal conviction--
``(I)(aa) for a crime of violence (as defined in section
16(a) of title 18, United States Code), excluding a purely
political offense; or
``(bb) for a crime that endangers the national security of
the United States; and
``(II) for which the alien has served a term of
imprisonment of at least 5 years.''.
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