Deport Alien Gang Members Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill expands immigration consequences for noncitizens tied to criminal gangs. It defines a criminal gang as an ongoing group of five or more people whose primary purposes include specified serious crimes, including drug, firearm, explosives, alien-smuggling, violence, obstruction, witness tampering, trafficking, fraud, money laundering, racketeering, and other offenses.
The bill also allows the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, to designate groups as criminal gangs. It requires congressional notice before designation, Federal Register publication, an administrative record, periodic revocation petitions, classified-information handling rules, and judicial review procedures.
Who Benefits and How
DHS immigration enforcement and public-safety officials benefit from a clearer statutory basis to treat criminal-gang association as a ground for immigration consequences. Communities exposed to gang violence or trafficking may benefit if the designation and removal rules make it easier to exclude or remove noncitizens connected to qualifying criminal gangs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Noncitizens associated with designated or qualifying criminal gangs face higher barriers to admission and higher deportation risk. Designated groups must use the petition and judicial-review process to contest a designation. DHS and DOJ must document, notify, publish, review, and defend designations.
Key Provisions
- Defines criminal gang for Immigration and Nationality Act purposes using group size, organizational purpose, and specified serious offenses.
- Expands inadmissibility and deportability consequences for noncitizens associated with qualifying criminal gangs.
- Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consulting the Attorney General, to designate criminal gangs.
- Creates congressional notice, Federal Register publication, administrative-record, revocation-petition, classified-information, and judicial-review procedures for designations.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define criminal gangs, make specified gang-associated noncitizens inadmissible or deportable, and create a DHS designation and review process for criminal gangs.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Law Enforcement, Public Safety
Primary Purpose
Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define criminal gangs, make specified gang-associated noncitizens inadmissible or deportable, and create a DHS designation and review process for criminal gangs.
Policy Domains
Section 2 - Criminal-gang immigration consequences and designation process
Identified Gains
- DHS immigration enforcement
- Communities exposed to gang violence
- Federal prosecutors handling gang-related immigration cases
Identified Costs
- Noncitizens associated with criminal gangs
- Designated criminal gangs
- Secretary of Homeland Security
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
ReportedOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: …
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Mr. McClintock (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Ms. Tenney, …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
DHS immigration enforcement, Noncitizens associated with criminal gangs, Secretary of Homeland Security
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security
- "the_attorney_general"
- → Attorney General
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
An ongoing group of five or more persons meeting statutory criteria and connected to specified serious criminal offenses or designated by DHS after consultation with DOJ.
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