S 3197
BILL • US SENATE US SENATE
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a rebuttable presumption that a defendant who is not a United States citizen or lawful permanent resident poses a danger to the community and a serious risk of flight, for purposes of determining whether to release or detain the defendant pending trial.
Creates legal presumption that non-citizen defendants pose flight risk and danger, likely increasing pretrial detention rates for immigrants in federal criminal cases.