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This bill, titled the "Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act", aims to expand the legal grounds for preventing gang-associated immigrants from entering or remaining in the United States. The bill creates a comprehensive definition of a "criminal gang" as any group of five or more people with a primary purpose of committing specific criminal offenses, such as drug crimes, violent crimes, human trafficking, and other serious felonies. Under the proposed legislation, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, would have the power to officially designate groups as criminal gangs, a process that involves notifying congressional leaders, creating an administrative record, and publishing the designation in the Federal Register. The bill would make any alien who is or has been a member of a criminal gang inadmissible and deportable, and it would also eliminate certain immigration benefits for such individuals, including asylum, temporary protected status, and special immigrant juvenile visas. Additionally, the bill mandates detention for gang-associated immigrants and restricts their eligibility for parole, with exceptions only for those assisting U.S. government law enforcement. These provisions would apply retroactively to acts occurring before, on, or after the bill's enactment date, significantly expanding the government's ability to remove immigrants with gang affiliations.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1050/all-info