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Singh's Law

USA116th CongressS-599| Senate 
| Updated: 2/28/2019
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (9)
Thomas Tillis (Republican)David Perdue (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)John Kennedy (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Singh's Law This bill establishes that aliens associated with a criminal gang shall be inadmissible into the United States and deported if already in the country. Such aliens are (1) subject to mandatory detention, (2) barred from receiving asylum, (3) ineligible for temporary protected status, and (4) barred from receiving special immigrant juvenile status. An alien associated with a criminal gang is one who (1) has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in a gang's activities, knowing or having reason to know that such activities will promote or support the gang's illegal activities; and (2) has been convicted of a crime in the United States. The bill also provides for procedures for designating a group or organization a criminal gang, and also procedures for challenging and revoking such a designation. The Department of Justice may provide grants to states and local governments to assist (1) efforts to combat criminal and youth gangs, and (2) gangprevention activities.
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Timeline
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Feb 28, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • February 28, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 28, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Immigration

Related Bills

  • HR 116-98: Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
  • HR 116-574: Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act
  • HR 116-1106: Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2019
Accounting and auditingAdministrative remediesBorder security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityDetention of personsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresJudicial review and appealsJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingOrganized crimeRefugees, asylum, displaced personsViolent crimeVisas and passports

Singh's Law

USA116th CongressS-599| Senate 
| Updated: 2/28/2019
Singh's Law This bill establishes that aliens associated with a criminal gang shall be inadmissible into the United States and deported if already in the country. Such aliens are (1) subject to mandatory detention, (2) barred from receiving asylum, (3) ineligible for temporary protected status, and (4) barred from receiving special immigrant juvenile status. An alien associated with a criminal gang is one who (1) has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in a gang's activities, knowing or having reason to know that such activities will promote or support the gang's illegal activities; and (2) has been convicted of a crime in the United States. The bill also provides for procedures for designating a group or organization a criminal gang, and also procedures for challenging and revoking such a designation. The Department of Justice may provide grants to states and local governments to assist (1) efforts to combat criminal and youth gangs, and (2) gangprevention activities.
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Timeline
Feb 28, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Feb 28, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • February 28, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • February 28, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Tom Cotton

Tom Cotton

Republican Senator

Arkansas

Cosponsors (9)
Thomas Tillis (Republican)David Perdue (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Mike Rounds (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)John Kennedy (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Chuck Grassley (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Immigration

Related Bills

  • HR 116-98: Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
  • HR 116-574: Equal Protection of Unaccompanied Minors Act
  • HR 116-1106: Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2019
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Accounting and auditingAdministrative remediesBorder security and unlawful immigrationCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityDetention of personsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment studies and investigationsHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresJudicial review and appealsJuvenile crime and gang violenceLaw enforcement administration and fundingOrganized crimeRefugees, asylum, displaced personsViolent crimeVisas and passports