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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4471

(2) by inserting after the semicolon the following: " or (B) is convicted of an aggravated felony at any time after entry;", (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 8 USC 1251 note. apply to any alien who has been convicted, on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, of an aggravated felony. SEC. 7345. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR REENTRY OF CERTAIN DEPORTED ALIENS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 276 (8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended— (1) by striking out "Any alien" and inserting in lieu thereof "(a) Subject to subsection (b), any alien"; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), in the case of any alien described in such subsection— "(1) whose deportation was subsequent to a conviction for commission of a felony (other than an aggravated felony), such alien shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both; or "(2) whose deportation was subsequent to a conviction for commission of an aggravated felony, such alien shall be fined under such title, imprisoned not more than 15 years, or both.". (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 8 USC 1326 note, apply to any alien who enters, attempts to enter, or is found in, the United States on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 7346. CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR AIDING OR ASSISTING CERTAIN ALIENS TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 277 (8 U.S.C. 1327) is amended by inserting "(9), (10), (23) (insofar as an alien excludable under any such paragraph has in addition been convicted of an aggravated felony)," immediately after "212(a)". (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 8 USC 1327 note. apply to any aid or assistance which occurs on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) The section heading for such section is amended by striking out "SUBVERSIVE AUEN" and inserting in lieu thereof "CERTAIN ALIENS". (2) The table of contents of such Act is amended by amending the item relating to section 277 to read as follows: "Sec. 277. Aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter the United States.". SEC. 7347. EXPEDITED DEPORTATION PROCEEDINGS FOR ALIENS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED FELONIES.

(a) EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS.—The Act is further amended by inserting after section 242 the following new section: " E X P E D I T E D P R O C E D U R E S FOR D E P O R T A T I O N OF A U E N S CONVICTED OF

COMMITTING AGGRAVATED FELONIES

" S E C 242A. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General shall provide for the availability of special deportation proceedings at certain Federal, State, and local correctional facilities for aliens convicted of aggravated felonies (as defined in section 101(a)(43). Such proceedings shall be conducted in conformity with section 242 (except as otherwise provided in this section), and in a manner which eliminates the need for additional detention at any processing center of the Service and in a manner which assures expeditious deportation,

8 USC I252a.