[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6349 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6349

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien 
    may request that a removal proceeding take place through video 
  conference or through telephone conference, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 2, 2025

   Ms. Bonamici (for herself, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Norton, Ms. Titus, Ms. 
Tlaib, Ms. Omar, Ms. Salinas, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mr. 
     Kennedy of New York, Ms. Clarke of New York, and Ms. Jayapal) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien 
    may request that a removal proceeding take place through video 
  conference or through telephone conference, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Migrant Due Process Protection 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RIGHT OF AN ALIEN TO REQUEST VIRTUAL REMOVAL PROCEEDING.

    Section 240(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1229a(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Right to request virtual proceeding.--For an 
                alien (except in the case of an alien who is in the 
                custody of the Secretary) who requests that the 
                proceeding take place through video conference or 
                through telephone conference, the immigration judge 
                shall grant such request, and shall ensure that there 
                is no prejudice to the alien during the proceeding.''.
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