Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3486 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3486

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for
  individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after
                 being removed, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 19, 2025

    Mrs. Bice (for herself, Mr. Knott, Mr. Zinke, and Mr. Schmidt)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for
  individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after
                 being removed, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Illegal Entry Act''.

SEC. 2. COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY ALIENS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED
              STATES.

    Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325)
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by striking ``2 years'' and
        inserting ``5 years''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Any alien--
            ``(1) who--
                    ``(A) enters or attempts to enter the United States
                at any time or place other than as designated by
                immigration officers,
                    ``(B) eludes examination or inspection by
                immigration officers, or
                    ``(C) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the
                United States by a willfully false or misleading
                representation or the willful concealment of a material
                fact, and
            ``(2) thereafter is convicted of any crime punishable by
        more than 1 year of imprisonment,
may be fined under title 18, United States Code, and shall be
imprisoned not less than 5 years and may be imprisoned for any term of
years or for life.''.

SEC. 3. INCREASED PENALTIES FOR REENTRY OF REMOVED ALIEN.

    Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326)
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
        (d) and (e), respectively;
            (2) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the
        following:
    ``(a) In General.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), any alien
who--
            ``(1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported,
        removed, or has departed the United States while an order of
        exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding; and
            ``(2) thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any
        time found in, the United States, unless--
                    ``(A) 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
                    ``(B) with respect to an alien previously denied
                admission and removed, such alien establishes that the
                alien was not required to obtain such advance consent
                under this or any prior Act,
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more
than 10 years, or both.
    ``(b) Criminal Penalties for Reentry of Certain Removed Aliens.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding the penalty under
        subsection (a), and except as provided in subsection (c), an
        alien described in subsection (a)--
                    ``(A) who was convicted before such removal or
                departure of 3 or more misdemeanors involving drugs,
                crimes against the person, or both shall be fined under
                title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than
                15 years, or both;
                    ``(B) who has been excluded from the United States
                pursuant to section 235(c) because the alien was
                inadmissible 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;
                    ``(C) 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, shall be fined under title
                18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 10
                years, or both; and
                    ``(D) who has been denied admission, excluded,
                deported, or removed 3 or more times and thereafter
                enters, attempts to enter, 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.
            ``(2) Removal defined.--In this subsection and in
        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.
    ``(c) Mandatory Minimum Criminal Penalty for Reentry of Certain
Removed Aliens.--Notwithstanding the penalties provided in subsections
(a) and (b), an alien described in subsection (a)--
            ``(1) who was convicted before such removal or departure
        of--
                    ``(A) any aggravated felony;
                    ``(B) any crime defined as a felony by the relevant
                jurisdiction (Federal, State, Tribal, or local) of
                conviction; or
                    ``(C) any crime punishable by more than 1 year of
                imprisonment; or
            ``(2) who was convicted under this section at least 2 times
        before such removal or departure,
may be fined under title 18, United States Code, and shall be
imprisoned not less than 10 years and may be imprisoned for any term of
years or for life.''; and
            (3) in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``section 242(h)(2)'' and inserting
                ``section 241(a)(4)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting
                ``Secretary of Homeland Security''.
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