WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today joined U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) in reintroducing legislation to close a legal loophole that generally requires the release of illegal aliens, including those with criminal records, from immigration detention into American communities after six months if no country has accepted them for deportation.
The Keep Our Communities Safe Act (https://www.hydesmith.senate.gov/sites/default/files/2026-08/Keep-Our-Communities-Safe-Act-Final-Text-119th.pdf) addresses the six-month legal loophole created by the U.S. Supreme Court in its 2001 Zadvydas v. Davis ruling. The legislation would amend Section 236 of the Immigrat...