To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to specify that imprisonment for reentering the United States after removal subsequent to a conviction for a felony shall be under circumstances that stress strenuous work and sparse living conditions, if the alien is convicted of another felony after the reentry.

February 25, 2003

Mr. ROHRABACHER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to specify that imprisonment for reentering the United States after removal subsequent to a conviction for a felony shall be under circumstances that stress strenuous work and sparse living conditions, if the alien is convicted of another felony after the reentry.

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

SECTION 1. SPECIFICATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES OF IMPRISONMENT.

Section 276(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

`For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2), any term of imprisonment imposed on an alien whose removal was subsequent to a conviction for commission of a felony shall be under circumstances that stress strenuous work and humane, but sparse, living conditions and omit educational or rehabilitation programs that might otherwise apply to the alien, if the alien is convicted for commission of another felony after the reentry or attempt described in subsection (a)(2).'.

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