What is the official ID of this bill?
The official print number for this legislation is HR 1995.
Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act: New Immigration Rules
This Act amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a definition of a criminal gang and create new grounds for inadmissibility and deportability for aliens associated with such groups. It authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate criminal gangs and mandates the detention of aliens who are inadmissible or deportable due to gang ties. Additionally, the bill prohibits individuals associated with gangs from filing immigration petitions for others and expands grounds for denaturalization for citizens associated with gangs within 10 years of naturalization.
Key points
Establishes a definition of 'criminal gang' as a group of 5 or more persons committing specific offenses and allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate them.
Aliens who are members of or participate in criminal gang activities become inadmissible, deportable, and subject to mandatory detention.
Individuals associated with gangs (including U.S. citizens) are prohibited from filing immigration applications on behalf of others or assuming custody of unaccompanied alien minors.
Naturalized citizens may face denaturalization if they become members of or affiliated with a criminal gang within 10 years of naturalization.
Status:
Expired
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