### Question
What does to effect the involuntary return mean?


### Answer
**To effect the involuntary return** has the following meaning in *22 U.S.C. § 2730*:

> to require, by means of physical force or circumstances amounting to a threat thereof, a person to return to a country against the person's will, regardless of whether the person is physically present in the United States and regardless of whether the United States acts directly or through an agent

#### Citation:
  - *22 U.S.C. § 2730*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 38-DEPARTMENT OF STATE**

