Makes noncitizens who belong to, or aid, a criminal gang inadmissible and deportable, and requires their detention while removal proceedings are pending.

Official title: Deport Alien Gang Members Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote

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Introduced 03-JAN-2025

Referred 03-JAN-2025

Approved by committee 03-JUN-2026

Key points

Defines a criminal gang as a group of 5 or more people with a primary purpose of certain serious offenses, such as drug, firearms, violent, and trafficking crimes.
Bars gang-affiliated noncitizens from asylum, temporary protected status, special immigrant juvenile visas, and most other immigration relief, except parole for those assisting a law enforcement matter.
Lets the Secretary of Homeland Security designate criminal gangs after notifying Congress, with designations reviewable in the D.C. Circuit based on the administrative record.
Requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to report each year on the number of aliens detained under the new provisions.

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Official CRS summary

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Immigration

Sponsor Tom McClintock (R-CA) Cosponsors · 27

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