Firearms Owners Against Crime
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
Title: To make aliens associated with a criminal gang inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for various forms of relief.
Subject: Immigration
Description: To make aliens associated with a criminal gang inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for various forms of relief. This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to define "criminal gang." An alien who is or was a member of a criminal gang, or who participated in gang activity knowing that such participation will promote the gang's illegal activity, shall be inadmissible and deportable. The Department of Homeland Security may designate a group or association as a criminal gang. Detention shall be mandatory for anyone found inadmissible or deportable for criminal street gang membership. Individuals found inadmissible or deportable for criminal gang membership shall be barred from: asylum; withholding of removal; temporary protected status; special immigrant juvenile status; deferred action; and parole, unless assisting the United States in a law enforcement matter and required by the government to be present with respect to such assistance. An alien found at a U.S. land border or port of entry who is determined to be inadmissible and a threat to public safety (certain criminals, terrorists, street gang members) shall be subject to expedited removal.
Session: 114th Congress
Last Action: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Last Action Date: April 28, 2016
Link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4856/all-info
Companion Bill: SB1120
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26 sponsors: Paul Gosar (R); Randy Forbes (R); Mo Brooks (R); Ken Calvert (R); Scott DesJarlais (R); Jeff Duncan (R); John Duncan (R); Blake Farenthold (R); Brian Babin (R); Trent Franks (R); Morgan Griffith (R); Jody Hice (R); Walter Jones (R); Steve King (R); Pete Olson (R); Ted Poe (R); Mike D. Rogers (R); David Schweikert (R); Pete Sessions (R); Randy Weber (R); Tim Huelskamp (R); Paul Cook (R); Ken Buck (R); Lamar Smith (R); Ted Yoho (R); Mick Mulvaney (R)
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Apr 28 2016 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security. |
| House | Mar 23 2016 | Introduced in House |
| House | Mar 23 2016 | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Type | Date | Federal Link | Text |
| Introduced | Mar 25 2016 | federal bill text | bill text |
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Chamber: H
Committee Name: Subcommittee on Immigration And Border Security
There have not been any votes on this bill