H.R. 8381

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8381 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8381

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide an option for 
virtual periodic appearances for aliens pending a decision on whether 
the alien is to be removed from the United States, and for other 
purposes.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 20, 2026

Ms. Meng 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 provide an option for 
virtual periodic appearances for aliens pending a decision on whether 
the alien is to be removed from the United States, 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 ``Safe Check-Ins for Immigrants Act''.

SEC. 2. VIRTUAL PERIODIC APPEARANCES FOR ALIENS PENDING A DECISION ON 
WHETHER THE ALIEN IS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE UNITED 
STATES.

Section 236 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(g) Virtual Periodic Appearances.--
``(1) In general.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
permit an alien described in paragraph (2) to appear virtually 
by video teleconference to satisfy the requirement described in 
paragraph (2)(B).
``(2) Alien described.--An alien described in this 
paragraph is an alien who--
``(A) is released under subsection (a)(2); and
``(B) is required to appear before an immigration 
officer (or before a case manager pursuant to an 
alternatives to detention program) periodically pending 
a decision on whether the alien is to be removed from 
the United States as a condition of such release.''.
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