REMOVE Act

Key Points

• The bill requires the Attorney General to start deportation cases as soon as possible after ICE files a Notice to Appear, speeding up when removal proceedings begin.
• For immigrants convicted of a deportable crime, the bill requires proceedings to start as fast as possible right after the conviction date.
• The most significant change is a strict 15-day deadline for finishing all immigration court proceedings for these cases once they start.
• The bill explicitly overrides other laws, including asylum protections, to enforce this fast timeline, meaning asylum claims tied to these cases could get much less review time.
• Immigration courts already face a massive case backlog, so meeting a 15-day deadline would require major new rules and resources, and the bill does not specify how courts would manage this.