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Harm includes financial harm over $100

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes, section 3, Sec. 3. Written by .

Harm includes financial harm over $100

The document says “shallWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“For purposes of this paragraph, a State or its residents shall be considered to have been harmed if the State or its residents experience harm, including financial harm in excess of $100.”

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes, Sec. 3

Each new right of action that section 3 creates carries the same rule on what counts as harm: a state or its residents are considered harmed if they experience harm, including financial harm in excess of $100. The sentence is quoted here from the new section 235(b)(3), added by subsection (a). Near-identical copies appear in the new section 236(f), section 243(e), section 212(d)(5)(C), and section 241(a)(2)(B).

What the document actually says

“For purposes of this paragraph, a State or its residents shall be considered to have been harmed if the State or its residents experience harm, including financial harm in excess of $100.”

To require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes, Sec. 3
That sentence, in plain words

A state counts as hurt if it loses money. More than $100 is enough.

What this is about

Harm is what a state must show to bring a suit. The same words show up in each new part that this section adds.

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