119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 13, 2025
Justice for Jocelyn Act
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Latest action (Jan 13, 2025): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Immigration
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 13, 2025)
Justice for Jocelyn Act
This bill limits Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE’s) Alternatives to Detention program, which supervises non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) subject to removal who are released from the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Specifically, releases under this program are prohibited unless all detention beds are filled and DHS found no alternatives after exercising and exhausting all reasonable options.
The bill requires all individuals on ICE’s nondetained docket to be enrolled in the program and be subject to continuous GPS monitoring and curfew.
Further, the bill requires a non-U.S. national who was arrested and released to be removed in absentia if an immigration officer submits an affidavit to an immigration judge stating that the individual failed to comply with a condition of release.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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THE GEO GROUP, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: THE GEO GROUP, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Homeland Security
$350,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Extensions Act, 2025), H.Con.Res 14. Issues related to ICE, immigration enforcement, and alternatives to detention; S.5 and H.R. 29, Laken Riley Act S. 72 and H.R. 355, the Justice for Jocelyn Act. Issues related to the education and promotion of the benefits in the use of public-private partnerships for the delivery of secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
THE GEO GROUP, INC. · lobbying firm or registrant: THE GEO GROUP, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Immigration
$350,000
Spent on own lobbying
…xtensions Act, 2025), H.Con.Res 14. Issues related to ICE, immigration enforcement, and alternatives to detention; S. 5 and H.R. 29, Laken Riley Act, S. 72 and H.R. 355, the Justice for Jocelyn Act. Issues related to the education and promotion of the benefits in the use of public-private partnerships for the delivery of secur…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing