H.R. 1995 · 117th Congress

Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2021

Introduced on Mar 17, 2021 by Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY-1). 2 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (May 18, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Mar 17, 2021
Cosponsors
2
0 from the other party
Policy area
Immigration
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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens associated with criminal gangs, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative remedies
  • Congressional oversight
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Detention of persons
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Family relationships
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Human trafficking
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Judicial review and appeals
  • Juvenile crime and gang violence
  • Organized crime
  • Refugees, asylum, displaced persons
  • Violent crime
  • Visas and passports

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 17, 2021). Public domain.

Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2021

This bill makes alien gang members inadmissible to the United States and deportable. It also authorizes revoking the citizenship of certain naturalized individuals who are members of a criminal gang.

The Department of Homeland Security may designate a group or association of five or more persons as a criminal gang if one of the group's primary purposes is the commission of certain crimes, and if the group's members have committed such crimes in a continuing series of such offenses within the past five years.

The Department of Justice shall take into custody any individual who is inadmissible or deportable due to an association with a criminal gang.

Individuals associated with a criminal gang shall be ineligible for asylum or temporary protected status. Prohibitions on removing an alien to a country where the alien's life or freedom would be threatened due to factors, such as the alien's membership in a particular social group, shall not apply to individuals associated with an alien criminal gang.

An alien affiliated with a criminal gang shall not be regarded as a person of good moral character for immigration purposes.

If a naturalized person becomes an associate of a criminal gang or has been convicted for or admits to certain criminal conduct within 10 years of naturalization, such conduct shall be prima facie evidence sufficient to revoke the order admitting the person to citizenship in the absence of countervailing evidence.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Lee M. ZeldinR-NY-1Sponsor

Republicans · 2

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Mar 17, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Mar 17, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Mar 17, 2021 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
  4. May 18, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

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