Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1827 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1827

  To authorize the expedited removal of aliens who are criminal gang 
   members, members of foreign terrorist organizations, or have been 
                 convicted of certain specified crimes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 21, 2025

Mrs. Moody (for herself and Mr. Schmitt) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the expedited removal of aliens who are criminal gang 
   members, members of foreign terrorist organizations, or have been 
                 convicted of certain specified crimes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL ALIENS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 4 of title II of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 238 the following:

``SEC. 238A. EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF ALIENS WHO ARE CRIMINAL GANG MEMBERS, 
              ARE MEMBERS OR SUPPORTERS OF A FOREIGN TERRORIST 
              ORGANIZATION, OR HAVE BEEN CONVICTED OF A SPECIFIED 
              CRIME.

    ``(a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term `member of a 
vulnerable group' means--
            ``(1) a child who is younger than 16 years of age;
            ``(2) a woman who is pregnant;
            ``(3) an individual with a severe physical or mental 
        disability; or
            ``(4) an individual who is older than 65 years of age.
    ``(b) Aliens Subject to Expedited Removal.--An alien is subject to 
mandatory detention and expedited removal under section 238 and is 
subject to removal from the United States if the Department of Homeland 
Security determines that such alien--
            ``(1) is a member of a criminal gang or a criminal 
        organization;
            ``(2) is a member of an organization designated as a 
        foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 219(a) or 
        has provided material support to such an organization; or
            ``(3) has been convicted of any felony, any misdemeanor 
        against a member of a vulnerable group, any assault of a law 
        enforcement officer, any sexual offense, any crime of domestic 
        violence, any stalking offense, any crime against children, 
        including sex trafficking of a minor or sexual abuse of a 
        minor, any activity relating to material involving the sexual 
        exploitation of minors, or any violation of a protection order 
        (as such terms are defined in the jurisdiction in which the 
        acts constituting such crimes occurred).
    ``(c) Ineligibility for Withholding of Removal.--An alien described 
in subsection (b) is not eligible for withholding of removal under any 
provision of this title.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents for the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to section 238 the following:

``Sec. 238A. Expedited removal of aliens who are criminal gang members, 
                            are members or supporters of a foreign 
                            terrorist organization, or have been 
                            convicted of a specified crime.''.
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