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Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-1995| House 
| Updated: 5/18/2021
Lee M. Zeldin

Lee M. Zeldin

Republican Representative

New York

Cosponsors (2)
Mo Brooks (Republican)Andrew R. Garbarino (Republican)

Judiciary Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2021 This bill makes alien gang members inadmissible to the United States and deportable. It also authorizes revoking the citizenship of certain naturalized individuals who are members of a criminal gang. The Department of Homeland Security may designate a group or association of five or more persons as a criminal gang if one of the group's primary purposes is the commission of certain crimes, and if the group's members have committed such crimes in a continuing series of such offenses within the past five years. The Department of Justice shall take into custody any individual who is inadmissible or deportable due to an association with a criminal gang. Individuals associated with a criminal gang shall be ineligible for asylum or temporary protected status. Prohibitions on removing an alien to a country where the alien's life or freedom would be threatened due to factors, such as the alien's membership in a particular social group, shall not apply to individuals associated with an alien criminal gang. An alien affiliated with a criminal gang shall not be regarded as a person of good moral character for immigration purposes. If a naturalized person becomes an associate of a criminal gang or has been convicted for or admits to certain criminal conduct within 10 years of naturalization, such conduct shall be prima facie evidence sufficient to revoke the order admitting the person to citizenship in the absence of countervailing evidence.
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Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-1106
Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2019
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 17, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-1106
    Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2019


  • March 17, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • March 17, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • May 18, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Immigration

Related Bills

  • S 117-1056: Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
  • HR 117-71: Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityDetention of personsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesFamily relationshipsFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresJudicial review and appealsJuvenile crime and gang violenceOrganized crimeRefugees, asylum, displaced personsViolent crimeVisas and passports

Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2021

USA117th CongressHR-1995| House 
| Updated: 5/18/2021
Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2021 This bill makes alien gang members inadmissible to the United States and deportable. It also authorizes revoking the citizenship of certain naturalized individuals who are members of a criminal gang. The Department of Homeland Security may designate a group or association of five or more persons as a criminal gang if one of the group's primary purposes is the commission of certain crimes, and if the group's members have committed such crimes in a continuing series of such offenses within the past five years. The Department of Justice shall take into custody any individual who is inadmissible or deportable due to an association with a criminal gang. Individuals associated with a criminal gang shall be ineligible for asylum or temporary protected status. Prohibitions on removing an alien to a country where the alien's life or freedom would be threatened due to factors, such as the alien's membership in a particular social group, shall not apply to individuals associated with an alien criminal gang. An alien affiliated with a criminal gang shall not be regarded as a person of good moral character for immigration purposes. If a naturalized person becomes an associate of a criminal gang or has been convicted for or admits to certain criminal conduct within 10 years of naturalization, such conduct shall be prima facie evidence sufficient to revoke the order admitting the person to citizenship in the absence of countervailing evidence.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

HR 116-1106
Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2019
Mar 17, 2021
Introduced in House
Mar 17, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
May 18, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    HR 116-1106
    Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2019


  • March 17, 2021
    Introduced in House


  • March 17, 2021
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • May 18, 2021
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
Lee M. Zeldin

Lee M. Zeldin

Republican Representative

New York

Cosponsors (2)
Mo Brooks (Republican)Andrew R. Garbarino (Republican)

Judiciary Committee, Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee

Immigration

Related Bills

  • S 117-1056: Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
  • HR 117-71: Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of Homeland SecurityDetention of personsDrug trafficking and controlled substancesEvidence and witnessesFamily relationshipsFraud offenses and financial crimesHuman traffickingImmigration status and proceduresJudicial review and appealsJuvenile crime and gang violenceOrganized crimeRefugees, asylum, displaced personsViolent crimeVisas and passports