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This bill establishes comprehensive legal provisions to address and remove aliens (non-U.S. citizens) associated with criminal gangs from the United States. The legislation defines a "criminal gang" as a group of five or more persons with primary purposes of committing specific criminal offenses, including drug-related crimes, firearms offenses, violent crimes, identity theft, human trafficking, and other serious criminal activities. The bill empowers the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, to officially designate groups as criminal gangs, with a detailed process for making and potentially challenging such designations. Under this legislation, aliens who are members of criminal gangs, have promoted gang activities, or have entered the United States to further gang activities would be deemed inadmissible and deportable. The bill also mandates detention of criminal gang members, eliminates their eligibility for various immigration benefits such as asylum, temporary protected status, and special immigrant juvenile visas, and restricts their ability to obtain parole. Additionally, the bill provides a mechanism for judicial review of gang designations while ensuring that classified information can be considered in making these determinations. The provisions apply retroactively and are intended to strengthen immigration enforcement and national security by targeting individuals associated with criminal organizations.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/175/all-info