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A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens associated with criminal gangs, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2380| Senate 
| Updated: 2/6/2018
Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Republican Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (1)
John Cornyn (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an alien: (1) inadmissible if a consular officer, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or the Department of Justice (DOJ) knows or has reason to believe that such person is or has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in criminal gang activities; and (2) deportable if such person is or has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in criminal gang activities. A "criminal gang" is defined as an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of five or more persons (group): (1) one of the primary purposes of which is the commission of one or more specified criminal offenses and the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past five years, in a continuing series of such offenses; or (2) that has been designated as a criminal gang by DHS. DHS may: (1) designate a group as a criminal gang based upon its conduct, and (2) revoke a designation for national security interests or if the group no longer conducts such criminal activities. Such designation shall be effective until revoked or judicially set aside. Congress may block or revoke a designation. A group may file a petition for revocation: (1) prior to designation, with DHS, and (2) after designation, with the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit. The bill: (1) provides for mandatory detention of alien gang members; and (2) makes alien gang members ineligible for asylum, temporary protected status, special immigrant juvenile status, and parole (unless such an alien is assisting the United States in a law enforcement matter).
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Timeline
Feb 6, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Feb 6, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • February 6, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 6, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

Related Bills

  • HR 115-3697: Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
  • HR 115-4760: To amend the immigration laws and the homeland security laws, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-6204: To clarify standards of family detention and the treatment of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-7059: To fund construction of the southern border wall and to ensure compliance with Federal immigration law.
Congressional oversightDetention of personsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresJuvenile crime and gang violenceOrganized crimeViolent crime

A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens associated with criminal gangs, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressS-2380| Senate 
| Updated: 2/6/2018
Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an alien: (1) inadmissible if a consular officer, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or the Department of Justice (DOJ) knows or has reason to believe that such person is or has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in criminal gang activities; and (2) deportable if such person is or has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in criminal gang activities. A "criminal gang" is defined as an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of five or more persons (group): (1) one of the primary purposes of which is the commission of one or more specified criminal offenses and the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past five years, in a continuing series of such offenses; or (2) that has been designated as a criminal gang by DHS. DHS may: (1) designate a group as a criminal gang based upon its conduct, and (2) revoke a designation for national security interests or if the group no longer conducts such criminal activities. Such designation shall be effective until revoked or judicially set aside. Congress may block or revoke a designation. A group may file a petition for revocation: (1) prior to designation, with DHS, and (2) after designation, with the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit. The bill: (1) provides for mandatory detention of alien gang members; and (2) makes alien gang members ineligible for asylum, temporary protected status, special immigrant juvenile status, and parole (unless such an alien is assisting the United States in a law enforcement matter).
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Timeline
Feb 6, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Feb 6, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • February 6, 2018
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 6, 2018
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dean Heller

Dean Heller

Republican Senator

Nevada

Cosponsors (1)
John Cornyn (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Immigration

Related Bills

  • HR 115-3697: Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
  • HR 115-4760: To amend the immigration laws and the homeland security laws, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-6204: To clarify standards of family detention and the treatment of unaccompanied alien children, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-7059: To fund construction of the southern border wall and to ensure compliance with Federal immigration law.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Congressional oversightDetention of personsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresJuvenile crime and gang violenceOrganized crimeViolent crime