Expands the categories of criminal aliens subject to expedited removal proceedings in correctional facilities, mandatory detention, exceptions to withholding of removal, and bars to asylum and other relief, increasing the number of noncitizens removed by federal immigration authorities.
The Secretary of Homeland Security shall provide for the availability of special removal proceedings at certain Federal, State, and local correctional facilities for any incarcerated alien-- (A) convicted of any criminal offense covered in section 237(a)(2)(A)(iii), (B), (C), or (D), or any offense covered by section 237(a)(2)(A)(ii) for which both predicate offenses are, without regard to the date of their commission, otherwise covered by section 237(a)(2)(A)(i); or (B) who the Secretary of Homeland Security determines-- (i) is inadmissible or deportable; and (ii)(I) is a member of a criminal
Broadens the definition of 'criminal gang' used for expedited removal and detention to include additional offenses such as those involving controlled substances, firearms, explosives, immigration violations, crimes of violence, obstruction of justice, fraud, trafficking, racketeering, money-launder,
The term `criminal gang' means an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of 5 or more persons that has as 1 of its primary purposes the commission of 1 or more of the offenses described in this subparagraph and the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past 5 years, in a continuing series of such offenses. The offenses described, whether committed, in whole or in part, within or outside of the United States and regardless of whether the offenses occurred before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, are the following: (i) A Federal, State, local, or
Expands mandatory detention under INA 236(c) to additional categories of aliens who are members of criminal gangs or have been convicted of specified crimes including felonies, offenses against vulnerable groups, assaults on law enforcement, sexual offenses, domestic violence, stalking, crimes
(E)(i) is inadmissible under section 212 or deportable under section 237; and (ii)(I) is a member of a criminal gang (as defined in section 238(a)(6)(B)) or transnational criminal organization (as defined in section 3003(5) of the Act titled `Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes' (21 U.S.C. 2341(5))); or (II) has been convicted of any felony, any misdemeanor with respect to which the underlying conduct was committed against a member of a vulnerable group (as defined in section 238(a)(3)(A)), any assault of a law
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2026-03-18: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 477.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill expands immigration enforcement by broadening expedited removal (INA 238), mandatory detention (INA 236(c)), exceptions to non-refoulement, bars to asylum (INA 208), and ineligibility for other immigration relief to cover more criminal convictions, gang membership, terrorist organization ties, and specified offenses (including many felonies, sexual offenses, domestic violence, crimes against children or vulnerable groups, and certain immigration violations). It also updates definitions and procedures to facilitate faster removal after incarceration without additional DHS detention. No