H.R. 1620 (99th): A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate undocumented aliens and to reimburse air carriers for detention expenses.

Introduced:
Mar 20, 1985 (99th Congress, 1985–1986)
Sponsor:
Rep. Sam Hall Jr. [D-TX1]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on March 20, 1985, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

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Introduced Mar 20, 1985
Cosponsors
none
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3/20/1985--Introduced.
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to direct the Attorney General to reimburse air carriers for expenses incurred in detaining aliens pending their admission to, or deportation from, the United States. Includes within the grounds for a refund of the penalty expenses for transporting an illegal alien into the United States the fact that, despite documentary inadmissibility, such alien is admitted or paroled into the United States.

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