renewable periods. The Secretary of Homeland Security may not delegate the authority under this subsection. (d) Exemption The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may exempt a country from inclusion in a list under subsection (a)(2) if the total number of nonrepatriations outstanding is less than 10 for the preceding 3-year period. (e) Unauthorized visa issuance Any visa issued in violation of this section shall be void. (f) Notice If an alien who has been convicted of a criminal offense before a Federal or State court whose repatriation was refused or unreasonably delayed is to be released from detention by the Secretary of Homeland Security, the Secretary shall provide notice to the State and local law enforcement agency for the jurisdictions in which the alien is required to report or is to be released. When possible, and particularly in the case of violent crime, the Secretary shall make a reasonable effort to provide notice of such release to any crime victims and their immediate family members. (g) Definitions For purposes of this section: (1) Refused or unreasonably delayed A country is deemed to have refused or unreasonably delayed the acceptance of an alien who is a citizen, subject, national, or resident of that country if, not later than 90 days after receiving a request to repatriate such alien from an official of the United States who is authorized to make such a request, the country does not accept the alien or issue valid travel documents. (2) Failure rate The term failure rate for a period means the percentage determined by dividing the total number of repatriation requests for aliens who are citizens, subjects, nationals, or residents of a country that that country refused or unreasonably delayed during that period by the total number of such requests during that period. (3) Excessive repatriation failure rate The term excessive repatriation failure rate means, with respect to a report under subsection (a), a failure rate greater than 10 percent for any of