This bill, the Justice for Jocelyn Act, would change how certain noncitizens are supervised while their immigration cases proceed. It would limit when people can be released instead of detained. It would require everyone on ICE's nondetained docket to be enrolled in an Alternatives to Detention program, to be continuously monitored by GPS for their immigration proceedings (and until removal if ordered), and to stay at their registered home address from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. The bill would also add a rule that if an immigration officer files an affidavit saying a person failed to follow release conditions, that person must be ordered removed in absentia. The bill includes a severability clause.
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The bill was introduced in the Senate by Senators Ted Cruz, Shelley Capito, Bill Cassidy, Marsha Blackburn, Steve Daines, Roger Wicker, and Ted Budd. The text of the bill would increase use of Alternatives to Detention only after detention capacity is exhausted, require continuous GPS monitoring and a nightly curfew for nondetained docket cases, and add a basis for ordering removal in absentia when an immigration officer files an affidavit of failure to comply with release conditions.
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