Mr. Speaker. today I am introducing legislation. which I believe. will tighten existing law in regard to aliens convicted of deportable crimes and their permitted length of stay in this country once a final deportation notice has been ordered. Current law (title 8. United States Code. section 1251(A) (4)) deals only with crimes committed within the first 5 years of entry. Furthermore. it states that an alien can only be deported at any time after entry if he or she has been convicted of two crimes of moral turpitude where there is a minimal 1year prison term. My revision of this law would read: Any alien in the United States. upon order of the Attorney General. be deported who at any time after entry is convicted of a crime of moral turpitude. regardless of whether confined therefor. In addition. I wish to amend section 1252 (c). (d). and (e) of title 8 by reducing the length of time an alien may remain in this country once a final deportation notice has been ordered. Currently. the law gives the Attorney General up to 6 months to deport an alien after a deportation notice was sent out. I would like to amend the period of time to 1 month. Neither proposed revision will deprive an alien of his/her rights to due process under the law as guaranteed by the Constitution.
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