; (B) by striking within five years and inserting within 10 years ; (C) by striking Attorney General each place that term appears and inserting Secretary ; and (D) by adding at the end the following: (2) In any removal proceeding involving an alien whose status has been rescinded under this subsection, the determination by the Secretary that the alien was not eligible for adjustment of status is not subject to review or reconsideration during such proceedings. . (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Nothing in subsection (a) may be construed to require the Secretary to rescind the alien’s status before the commencement of removal proceedings under section 240. The Secretary may commence removal proceedings at any time against any alien who is removable, including aliens whose status was adjusted to that of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence under section 245 or 249 or under any other provision of law. There is no statute of limitations with respect to the commencement of removal proceedings under section 240. An order of removal issued by an immigration judge shall be sufficient to rescind the alien’s status. . 1609. Barring persecutors and terrorists from registry Section 249 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1259 ) is amended to read as follows: 249. Record of admission for permanent residence in the case of certain aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972 (a) In general The Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary and under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, may enter a record of lawful admission for permanent residence in the case of any alien, if no such record is otherwise available and the alien— (1) entered the United States before January 1, 1972; (2) has continuously resided in the United States since such entry; (3) has been a person of good moral character since such entry; (4) is not ineligible for citizenship