Expands the definition of criminal gang and makes gang membership or association a new ground of inadmissibility and deportability for aliens, plus bars them from asylum, TPS, parole, special immigrant juvenile visas and other relief, so more aliens are subject to removal and detention.
Any alien is inadmissible who a consular officer, an immigration officer, the Secretary of Homeland Security, or the Attorney General knows, or has reason to believe-- (i) is, or has been, a member of a criminal gang;
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Requires mandatory detention of aliens inadmissible or deportable for gang association and expands grounds for removal, increasing cooperation between immigration authorities and law enforcement for detention and deportation of such aliens.
is inadmissible under section 212(a)(2)(J) or deportable under section 217(a)(2)(G),
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill solely addresses immigration enforcement by expanding grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for aliens associated with criminal gangs (including a broad new statutory definition), imposing mandatory detention, barring various forms of relief, and allowing DHS designation of gangs. No provisions address firearms (the mention of certain firearm offenses is only to define qualifying gang activity), transgender issues, or abortion.