Deportation Compliance Act

This bill would stop U.S. foreign aid to any country that refuses or unreasonably delays taking back its own citizens who are ordered to be deported from the United States. It kicks in only after the Secretary of State has already used a related visa sanction for 180 days under existing immigration law, and the country still isn’t cooperating by the end of that period.

The goal is to pressure those governments to accept their nationals when the U.S. tries to send them home after a deportation order.

• Who is affected: Foreign governments that won’t accept their citizens back; U.S. agencies that provide foreign assistance.
• What changes: U.S. foreign assistance would be cut off to those countries after 180 days of existing visa sanctions if they still don’t cooperate.
• When it applies: After the 180-day period of visa sanctions has passed and the country remains noncompliant.