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HR 5713 Advanced toward a vote

Authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to remove, through expedited proceedings held at correctional facilities, certain noncitizens who are gang members, members or supporters of foreign terrorist organizations, or have been convicted of specified crimes.

Official title: Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act

Next stop House floor: awaiting a vote
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House
Introduced 08-OCT-2025
Referred 08-OCT-2025
Approved by committee 20-NOV-2025
Reported 18-MAR-2026
On the calendar 18-MAR-2026
Key points
  • Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to hold special removal proceedings at federal, state, and local correctional facilities for incarcerated noncitizens who meet listed criminal or gang-related criteria
  • Expands mandatory detention under the Immigration and Nationality Act to cover noncitizens who are criminal gang members, foreign terrorist organization members, or who have been convicted of specified felonies and other offenses
  • Makes such noncitizens ineligible for asylum and other immigration relief, and removes certain statutory restrictions on their removal to countries where they may face persecution
  • Defines criminal gang and vulnerable group, and includes a severability clause preserving the rest of the Act if any provision is struck down
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Committee referrals (1) Policy area

Immigration

Sponsor Brandon Gill (R-TX) Cosponsors · 9
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