exclusion, deportation, or removal, or any agreement by which an alien stipulates or agrees to exclusion, deportation, or removal. (6) State The term State means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. . IV Asylum Reform 4401. Clarification of intent regarding taxpayer-provided counsel Section 292 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1362 ) is amended— (1) by striking In any removal proceedings before an immigration judge and in any appeal proceedings before the Attorney General from any such removal proceedings and inserting In any removal proceedings before an immigration judge, or any other immigration proceedings before the Attorney General, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or any appeal of such a proceeding . (2) by striking (at no expense to the Government)