S.Amdt. 78

SA 78. Mr. BLUMENTHAL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him 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 end of the bill, add the following:

SEC. 4. DETENTION PRIORITIES.

(a) In General.--If available Federal detention facilities
or Federal detention resources are insufficient to house all
of the aliens required to be detained under sections
236(c)(1) and 236A of the Immigration and Naturalization Act
(8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1) and 1226a), U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement shall place a higher priority on the detention of
aliens described in subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section
236(c)(1) and section 236A of such Act.
(b) Permissive Detentions.--U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement may detain aliens described in section
236(c)(1)(E) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as added
by section 2, if sufficient detention space and personnel
resources are available for such detentions.

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