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HR3486 Received in the Senate

Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025

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This Act may be cited as the Stop Illegal Entry Act of 2025.
Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended—
in subsection (a), by striking 2 years and inserting 5 years; and
by adding at the end the following:
Any alien—
who—
enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers,
eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or
attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, and
thereafter is convicted of any crime punishable by more than 1 year of imprisonment,
Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended—
by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections (d) and (e), respectively;
by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting the following:
Subject to subsections (b) and (c), any alien who—
has been denied admission, excluded, deported, removed, or has departed the United States while an order of exclusion, deportation, or removal is outstanding; and
thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in, the United States, unless—
prior to the alien’s reembarkation at a place outside the United States or the alien’s application for admission from foreign contiguous territory, the Secretary of Homeland Security has expressly consented to such alien’s reapplying for admission; or
with respect to an alien previously denied admission and removed, such alien establishes that the alien was not required to obtain such advance consent under this or any prior Act,
Notwithstanding the penalty under subsection (a), and except as provided in subsection (c), an alien described in subsection (a)—
who was convicted before such removal or departure of 3 or more misdemeanors involving drugs, crimes against the person, or both shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both;
who has been excluded from the United States pursuant to section 235(c) because the alien was inadmissible under section 212(a)(3)(B) or who has been removed from the United States pursuant to the provisions of title V, and who thereafter, without the permission of the Secretary of Homeland Security, enters the United States, or attempts to do so, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, and imprisoned for a period of 10 years, which sentence shall not run concurrently with any other sentence;
who was removed from the United States pursuant to section 241(a)(4)(B) who thereafter, without the permission of the Secretary of Homeland Security, enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in, the United States, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both; and
who has been denied admission, excluded, deported, or removed 3 or more times and thereafter enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in the United States, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
In this subsection and in subsection (c), the term removal includes any agreement in which an alien stipulates to removal during (or not during) a criminal trial under either Federal or State law.
Notwithstanding the penalties provided in subsections (a) and (b), an alien described in subsection (a) who was convicted before such removal or departure of—
any aggravated felony;
any crime defined as a felony by the relevant jurisdiction (Federal, State, Tribal, or local) of conviction; or
any crime punishable by more than 1 year of imprisonment,
in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (1)—
by striking section 242(h)(2) and inserting section 241(a)(4); and
by striking Attorney General and inserting Secretary of Homeland Security.

Legislative Timeline

20 actions
  1. Sep 15, 2025 Senate
    Received in the Senate.
  2. Sep 11, 2025 House
    Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 682. (consideration: CR H4242)
  3. Sep 11, 2025 House
    Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3838 and H.R. 3486. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3838 under a structured rule and H.R. 3486 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  4. Sep 11, 2025 House
    DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 3486.
  5. Sep 11, 2025 House
    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  6. Sep 11, 2025 House
    POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 3486, the Chair put the question on passage of the bill and by voice vote, announced the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Raskin demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  7. Sep 11, 2025 House
    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4250)
  8. Sep 11, 2025
    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 197 (Roll no. 264). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4242: 4)
  9. Sep 11, 2025 House
    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 226 - 197 (Roll no. 264). (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H4242)
  10. Sep 11, 2025 House
    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  11. Sep 9, 2025 House
    Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 682 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3838 and H.R. 3486. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3838 under a structured rule and H.R. 3486 under a closed rule with one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  12. Sep 9, 2025 House
    Rule H. Res. 682 passed House.
  13. Jul 15, 2025
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-200.
  14. Jul 15, 2025 House
    Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 119-200.
  15. Jul 15, 2025 House
    Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 163.
  16. May 21, 2025 House
    Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  17. May 21, 2025 House
    Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 14 - 10.
  18. May 19, 2025
    Introduced in House
  19. May 19, 2025
    Introduced in House
  20. May 19, 2025 House
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
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