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A state may sue the Secretary of State over the visa requirement in section 243(d)

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 .

A state may sue the Secretary of State over the visa requirement in section 243(d)

The document says “shallWho acts: attorney general of a State, other authorized State officerHow: statuteSec. 3 in the PDF
What the document says

“The attorney general of a State, or other authorized State officer, alleging a violation of the requirement to discontinue granting visas to citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents as described in subsection (d) that harms such State or its residents shall have standing to bring an action against the Secretary of State”

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

Subsection (c) of section 3 adds a new subsection (e) to section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1253). It gives a state attorney general, or another authorized state officer, standing to sue the Secretary of State in a federal district court for injunctive relief, on an allegation that the requirement in subsection (d) of that section to discontinue granting visas was violated in a way that harms the state or its residents.

What the document actually says

“The attorney general of a State, or other authorized State officer, alleging a violation of the requirement to discontinue granting visas to citizens, subjects, nationals, and residents as described in subsection (d) that harms such State or its residents shall have standing to bring an action against the Secretary of State”

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's top law officer may sue the Secretary of State. The claim is that visas kept going out when a rule said to stop.

What this is about

A visa is a paper that lets a person come here. The Secretary of State runs that system. This suit is aimed at that office.

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  1. The document itself

    Laken Riley Act, Public Law 119-1, sec. 3, 139 Stat. 3 (2025).
    https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ1/html/PLAW-119publ1.htm

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    “A state may sue the Secretary of State over the visa requirement in section 243(d),” Laken Riley Act, section 3, Sec. 3. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/laken-riley-act/proposal/sec03-standing-over-visa-requirement/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).

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