119-hr5713

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5713 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 5713

 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 October 8, 2025

 Mr. Gill of Texas (for himself, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Hunt, Mr. 
 Fine, Mr. Davidson, and Mr. Roy) introduced the following bill; which 
 was 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:

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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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    (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term `member of a 
vulnerable group' means--
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    (1) a child who is younger than 16 years of age;
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    (2) a woman who is pregnant;
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    (3) an individual with a severe physical or mental 
 disability; or
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    (4) an individual who is older than 65 years of age.
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    (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--
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    (1) is a member of a criminal gang or a criminal 
 organization;
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    (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
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    (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).
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            (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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