Requires the Attorney General to start removal proceedings as promptly as possible and to direct immigration courts to finish those cases within 15 days after they begin, even where other law would set a different timeline.

Official title: REMOVE Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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House

Introduced 23-JUL-2025

Referred 23-JUL-2025

Approved by committee 20-NOV-2025

Key points

Requires removal proceedings to begin as promptly as possible after ICE files a Notice to Appear with the immigration court.
For noncitizens convicted of an offense that makes them deportable under section 237(a), requires removal proceedings to begin as expeditiously as possible after the conviction.
Directs the Attorney General to take all necessary actions, including issuing regulations and guidance, so immigration court proceedings are completed within 15 days, notwithstanding any other provision of law including section 208(d)(5)(A).
Amends section 239(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by replacing its first paragraph and renumbering the existing second paragraph as the third.

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Immigration

Sponsor Troy E. Nehls (R-TX) Cosponsors · 3

■ 3 R

3 Republicans

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