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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 367 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to aliens |
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| 6 | 6 | | associated with criminal gangs, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY13, 2023 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. B |
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| 10 | 10 | | UCHANANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect |
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| 14 | 14 | | to aliens associated with criminal gangs, and for other |
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| 15 | 15 | | purposes. |
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| 16 | 16 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 17 | 17 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 19 | 19 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Criminal Alien Gang 4 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Member Removal Act’’. 5 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEC. 2. GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORT-6 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ABILITY FOR ALIEN GANG MEMBERS. 7 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a) D |
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| 24 | 24 | | EFINITION OFGANGMEMBER.—Section 101(a) 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 10 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(53) The term ‘criminal gang’ means an ongoing 1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | group, club, organization, or association of 5 or more per-2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | sons that has as one of its primary purposes the commis-3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | sion of 1 or more of the following criminal offenses and 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the members of which engage, or have engaged within the 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | past 5 years, in a continuing series of such offenses, or 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | that has been designated as a criminal gang by the Sec-7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the At-8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | torney General, as meeting these criteria. The offenses de-9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | scribed, whether in violation of Federal or State law or 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | foreign law and regardless of whether the offenses oc-11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | curred before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | this paragraph, are the following: 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(A) A ‘felony drug offense’ (as defined in sec-14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | tion 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | U.S.C. 802)). 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(B) An offense under section 274 (relating to 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | bringing in and harboring certain aliens), section 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | 277 (relating to aiding or assisting certain aliens to 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | enter the United States), or section 278 (relating to 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | importation of alien for immoral purpose). 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(C) A crime of violence (as defined in section 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 16 of title 18, United States Code). 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(D) A crime involving obstruction of justice, 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | tampering with or retaliating against a witness, vic-2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | tim, or informant, or burglary. 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(E) Any conduct punishable under sections 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 1028 and 1029 of title 18, United States Code (re-5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | lating to fraud and related activity in connection 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | with identification documents or access devices), sec-7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | tions 1581 through 1594 of such title (relating to 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | peonage, slavery, and trafficking in persons), section 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | 1951 of such title (relating to interference with com-10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | merce by threats or violence), section 1952 of such 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | title (relating to interstate and foreign travel or 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises), 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | section 1956 of such title (relating to the laundering 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of monetary instruments), section 1957 of such title 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (relating to engaging in monetary transactions in 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | property derived from specified unlawful activity), or 17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | sections 2312 through 2315 of such title (relating to 18 |
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| 74 | 74 | | interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles or 19 |
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| 75 | 75 | | stolen property). 20 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(F) A conspiracy to commit an offense de-21 |
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| 77 | 77 | | scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (E).’’. 22 |
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| 78 | 78 | | (b) I |
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| 79 | 79 | | NADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of such Act 23 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 24 |
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| 81 | 81 | | the following: 25 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(J) ALIENS ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | GANGS.—Any alien is inadmissible who a con-2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | sular officer, the Secretary of Homeland Secu-3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | rity, or the Attorney General knows or has rea-4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | son to believe— 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | ‘‘(i) to be or to have been a member 6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | of a criminal gang (as defined in section 7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | 101(a)(53)); or 8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | ‘‘(ii) to have participated in the activi-9 |
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| 94 | 94 | | ties of a criminal gang (as defined in sec-10 |
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| 95 | 95 | | tion 101(a)(53)), knowing or having reason 11 |
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| 96 | 96 | | to know that such activities will promote, 12 |
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| 97 | 97 | | further, aid, or support the illegal activity 13 |
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| 98 | 98 | | of the criminal gang.’’. 14 |
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| 99 | 99 | | (c) D |
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| 100 | 100 | | EPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-15 |
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| 101 | 101 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 16 |
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| 102 | 102 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 17 |
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| 103 | 103 | | ‘‘(G) A |
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| 104 | 104 | | LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | GANGS.—Any alien is deportable who— 19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(i) is or has been a member of a 20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | criminal gang (as defined in section 21 |
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| 108 | 108 | | 101(a)(53)); or 22 |
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| 109 | 109 | | ‘‘(ii) has participated in the activities 23 |
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| 110 | 110 | | of a criminal gang (as so defined), knowing 24 |
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| 111 | 111 | | or having reason to know that such activi-25 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ties will promote, further, aid, or support 1 |
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| 116 | 116 | | the illegal activity of the criminal gang.’’. 2 |
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| 117 | 117 | | (d) D |
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| 118 | 118 | | ESIGNATION.— 3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (1) I |
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| 120 | 120 | | N GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title II of the 4 |
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| 121 | 121 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is 5 |
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| 122 | 122 | | amended by inserting after section 219 the fol-6 |
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| 123 | 123 | | lowing: 7 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘ |
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| 125 | 125 | | DESIGNATION OF CRIMINAL GANG 8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | ‘‘S |
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| 127 | 127 | | EC. 220. (a) DESIGNATION.— 9 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 129 | 129 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Se-10 |
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| 130 | 130 | | curity, in consultation with the Attorney General, may 11 |
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| 131 | 131 | | designate a group, club, organization, or association of 5 12 |
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| 132 | 132 | | or more persons as a criminal gang if the Secretary finds 13 |
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| 133 | 133 | | that their conduct is described in section 101(a)(53). 14 |
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| 134 | 134 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 135 | 135 | | ROCEDURE.— 15 |
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| 136 | 136 | | ‘‘(A) N |
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| 137 | 137 | | OTIFICATION.—Seven days before mak-16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | ing a designation under this subsection, the Sec-17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | retary shall, by classified communication, notify the 18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Rep-19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | resentatives, the President pro tempore, Majority 20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | Leader, and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the 21 |
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| 143 | 143 | | members of the relevant committees of the House of 22 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Representatives and the Senate, in writing, of the 23 |
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| 145 | 145 | | intent to designate a group, club, organization, or 24 |
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| 146 | 146 | | association of 5 or more persons under this sub-25 |
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| 147 | 147 | | section and the factual basis therefor. 26 |
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| 151 | 151 | | ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REG -1 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ISTER.—The Secretary shall publish the designation 2 |
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| 153 | 153 | | in the Federal Register seven days after providing 3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | the notification under subparagraph (A). 4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 156 | 156 | | ECORD.— 5 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 158 | 158 | | N GENERAL.—In making a designation 6 |
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| 159 | 159 | | under this subsection, the Secretary shall create an 7 |
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| 160 | 160 | | administrative record. 8 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 162 | 162 | | LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Sec-9 |
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| 163 | 163 | | retary may consider classified information in making 10 |
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| 164 | 164 | | a designation under this subsection. Classified infor-11 |
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| 165 | 165 | | mation shall not be subject to disclosure for such 12 |
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| 166 | 166 | | time as it remains classified, except that such infor-13 |
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| 167 | 167 | | mation may be disclosed to a court ex parte and in 14 |
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| 168 | 168 | | camera for purposes of judicial review under sub-15 |
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| 169 | 169 | | section (c). 16 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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| 171 | 171 | | ERIOD OFDESIGNATION.— 17 |
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| 172 | 172 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 173 | 173 | | N GENERAL.—A designation under this 18 |
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| 174 | 174 | | subsection shall be effective for all purposes until re-19 |
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| 175 | 175 | | voked under paragraph (5) or (6) or set aside pursu-20 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ant to subsection (c). 21 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 178 | 178 | | EVIEW OF DESIGNATION UPON PETI -22 |
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| 179 | 179 | | TION.— 23 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 181 | 181 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary shall re-24 |
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| 182 | 182 | | view the designation of a criminal gang under 25 |
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| 186 | 186 | | the procedures set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) 1 |
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| 187 | 187 | | if the designated group, club, organization, or 2 |
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| 188 | 188 | | association of 5 or more persons files a petition 3 |
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| 189 | 189 | | for revocation within the petition period de-4 |
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| 190 | 190 | | scribed in clause (ii). 5 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(ii) P |
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| 192 | 192 | | ETITION PERIOD.—For purposes of 6 |
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| 193 | 193 | | clause (i)— 7 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(I) if the designated group, club, or-8 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ganization, or association of 5 or more per-9 |
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| 196 | 196 | | sons has not previously filed a petition for 10 |
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| 197 | 197 | | revocation under this subparagraph, the 11 |
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| 198 | 198 | | petition period begins 2 years after the 12 |
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| 199 | 199 | | date on which the designation was made; 13 |
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| 200 | 200 | | or 14 |
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| 201 | 201 | | ‘‘(II) if the designated group, club, or-15 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ganization, or association of 5 or more per-16 |
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| 203 | 203 | | sons has previously filed a petition for rev-17 |
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| 204 | 204 | | ocation under this subparagraph, the peti-18 |
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| 205 | 205 | | tion period begins 2 years after the date of 19 |
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| 206 | 206 | | the determination made under clause (iv) 20 |
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| 207 | 207 | | on that petition. 21 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(iii) P |
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| 209 | 209 | | ROCEDURES.—Any group, club, or-22 |
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| 210 | 210 | | ganization, or association of 5 or more persons 23 |
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| 211 | 211 | | that submits a petition for revocation under 24 |
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| 212 | 212 | | this subparagraph of its designation as a crimi-25 |
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| 216 | 216 | | nal gang must provide evidence in that petition 1 |
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| 217 | 217 | | that it is not described in section 101(a)(53). 2 |
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| 218 | 218 | | ‘‘(iv) D |
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| 219 | 219 | | ETERMINATION.— 3 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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| 221 | 221 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 4 |
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| 222 | 222 | | 180 days after receiving a petition for rev-5 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ocation submitted under this subpara-6 |
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| 224 | 224 | | graph, the Secretary shall make a deter-7 |
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| 225 | 225 | | mination as to such revocation. 8 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(II) C |
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| 227 | 227 | | LASSIFIED INFORMATION .— 9 |
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| 228 | 228 | | The Secretary may consider classified in-10 |
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| 229 | 229 | | formation in making a determination in re-11 |
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| 230 | 230 | | sponse to a petition for revocation. Classi-12 |
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| 231 | 231 | | fied information shall not be subject to dis-13 |
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| 232 | 232 | | closure for such time as it remains classi-14 |
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| 233 | 233 | | fied, except that such information may be 15 |
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| 234 | 234 | | disclosed to a court ex parte and in camera 16 |
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| 235 | 235 | | for purposes of judicial review under sub-17 |
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| 236 | 236 | | section (c). 18 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(III) P |
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| 238 | 238 | | UBLICATION OF DETERMINA -19 |
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| 239 | 239 | | TION.—A determination made by the Sec-20 |
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| 240 | 240 | | retary under this clause shall be published 21 |
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| 241 | 241 | | in the Federal Register. 22 |
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| 242 | 242 | | ‘‘(IV) P |
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| 243 | 243 | | ROCEDURES.—Any revocation 23 |
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| 244 | 244 | | by the Secretary shall be made in accord-24 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ance with paragraph (6). 25 |
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| 249 | 249 | | ‘‘(C) OTHER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION .— 1 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 251 | 251 | | N GENERAL.—If in a 5-year period no 2 |
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| 252 | 252 | | review has taken place under subparagraph (B), 3 |
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| 253 | 253 | | the Secretary shall review the designation of the 4 |
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| 254 | 254 | | criminal gang in order to determine whether 5 |
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| 255 | 255 | | such designation should be revoked pursuant to 6 |
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| 256 | 256 | | paragraph (6). 7 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ‘‘(ii) P |
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| 258 | 258 | | ROCEDURES.—If a review does not 8 |
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| 259 | 259 | | take place pursuant to subparagraph (B) in re-9 |
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| 260 | 260 | | sponse to a petition for revocation that is filed 10 |
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| 261 | 261 | | in accordance with that subparagraph, then the 11 |
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| 262 | 262 | | review shall be conducted pursuant to proce-12 |
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| 263 | 263 | | dures established by the Secretary. The results 13 |
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| 264 | 264 | | of such review and the applicable procedures 14 |
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| 265 | 265 | | shall not be reviewable in any court. 15 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ‘‘(iii) P |
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| 267 | 267 | | UBLICATION OF RESULTS OF RE -16 |
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| 268 | 268 | | VIEW.—The Secretary shall publish any deter-17 |
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| 269 | 269 | | mination made pursuant to this subparagraph 18 |
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| 270 | 270 | | in the Federal Register. 19 |
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| 271 | 271 | | ‘‘(5) R |
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| 272 | 272 | | EVOCATION BYACT OFCONGRESS.—The Con-20 |
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| 273 | 273 | | gress, by an Act of Congress, may block or revoke a des-21 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ignation made under paragraph (1). 22 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may revoke 1 |
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| 282 | 282 | | a designation made under paragraph (1) at any 2 |
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| 283 | 283 | | time, and shall revoke a designation upon completion 3 |
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| 284 | 284 | | of a review conducted pursuant to subparagraphs 4 |
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| 285 | 285 | | (B) and (C) of paragraph (4) if the Secretary finds 5 |
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| 286 | 286 | | that— 6 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(i) the group, club, organization, or asso-7 |
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| 288 | 288 | | ciation of 5 or more persons that has been des-8 |
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| 289 | 289 | | ignated as a criminal gang is no longer de-9 |
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| 290 | 290 | | scribed in section 101(a)(53); or 10 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(ii) the national security or the law en-11 |
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| 292 | 292 | | forcement interests of the United States war-12 |
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| 293 | 293 | | rants a revocation. 13 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 295 | 295 | | ROCEDURE.—The procedural require-14 |
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| 296 | 296 | | ments of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to a 15 |
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| 297 | 297 | | revocation under this paragraph. Any revocation 16 |
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| 298 | 298 | | shall take effect on the date specified in the revoca-17 |
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| 299 | 299 | | tion or upon publication in the Federal Register if 18 |
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| 300 | 300 | | no effective date is specified. 19 |
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| 302 | 302 | | FFECT OFREVOCATION.—The revocation of a 20 |
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| 303 | 303 | | designation under paragraph (5) or (6) shall not affect 21 |
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| 304 | 304 | | any action or proceeding based on conduct committed 22 |
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| 305 | 305 | | prior to the effective date of such revocation. 23 |
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| 312 | 312 | | effective under paragraph (2) an alien in a removal pro-1 |
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| 313 | 313 | | ceeding shall not be permitted to raise any question con-2 |
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| 314 | 314 | | cerning the validity of the issuance of such designation 3 |
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| 315 | 315 | | as a defense or an objection. 4 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ‘‘(b) A |
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| 317 | 317 | | MENDMENTS TO A DESIGNATION.— 5 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 319 | 319 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary may amend 6 |
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| 320 | 320 | | a designation under this subsection if the Secretary 7 |
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| 321 | 321 | | finds that the group, club, organization, or associa-8 |
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| 322 | 322 | | tion of 5 or more persons has changed its name, 9 |
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| 323 | 323 | | adopted a new alias, dissolved and then reconsti-10 |
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| 324 | 324 | | tuted itself under a different name or names, or 11 |
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| 325 | 325 | | merged with another group, club, organization, or 12 |
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| 326 | 326 | | association of 5 or more persons. 13 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 328 | 328 | | ROCEDURE.—Amendments made to a 14 |
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| 329 | 329 | | designation in accordance with paragraph (1) shall 15 |
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| 330 | 330 | | be effective upon publication in the Federal Register. 16 |
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| 331 | 331 | | Paragraphs (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of sub-17 |
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| 332 | 332 | | section (a) shall also apply to an amended designa-18 |
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| 333 | 333 | | tion. 19 |
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| 334 | 334 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 335 | 335 | | DMINISTRATIVE RECORD .—The adminis-20 |
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| 336 | 336 | | trative record shall be corrected to include the 21 |
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| 337 | 337 | | amendments as well as any additional relevant infor-22 |
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| 338 | 338 | | mation that supports those amendments. 23 |
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| 339 | 339 | | ‘‘(4) C |
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| 340 | 340 | | LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Sec-24 |
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| 341 | 341 | | retary may consider classified information in amend-25 |
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| 345 | 345 | | ing a designation in accordance with this subsection. 1 |
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| 346 | 346 | | Classified information shall not be subject to disclo-2 |
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| 347 | 347 | | sure for such time as it remains classified, except 3 |
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| 348 | 348 | | that such information may be disclosed to a court ex 4 |
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| 349 | 349 | | parte and in camera for purposes of judicial review 5 |
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| 350 | 350 | | under subsection (c) of this section. 6 |
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| 351 | 351 | | ‘‘(c) J |
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| 352 | 352 | | UDICIALREVIEW OFDESIGNATION.— 7 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 354 | 354 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 8 |
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| 355 | 355 | | after publication in the Federal Register of a des-9 |
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| 356 | 356 | | ignation, an amended designation, or a determina-10 |
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| 357 | 357 | | tion in response to a petition for revocation, the des-11 |
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| 358 | 358 | | ignated group, club, organization, or association of 5 12 |
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| 359 | 359 | | or more persons may seek judicial review in the 13 |
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| 360 | 360 | | United States Court of Appeals for the District of 14 |
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| 361 | 361 | | Columbia Circuit. 15 |
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| 362 | 362 | | ‘‘(2) B |
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| 363 | 363 | | ASIS OF REVIEW.—Review under this 16 |
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| 364 | 364 | | subsection shall be based solely upon the administra-17 |
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| 365 | 365 | | tive record, except that the Government may submit, 18 |
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| 366 | 366 | | for ex parte and in camera review, classified infor-19 |
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| 367 | 367 | | mation used in making the designation, amended 20 |
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| 368 | 368 | | designation, or determination in response to a peti-21 |
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| 369 | 369 | | tion for revocation. 22 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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| 371 | 371 | | COPE OF REVIEW.—The Court shall hold 23 |
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| 372 | 372 | | unlawful and set aside a designation, amended des-24 |
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| 376 | 376 | | ignation, or determination in response to a petition 1 |
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| 377 | 377 | | for revocation the court finds to be— 2 |
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| 378 | 378 | | ‘‘(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis-3 |
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| 379 | 379 | | cretion, or otherwise not in accordance with 4 |
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| 380 | 380 | | law; 5 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ‘‘(B) contrary to constitutional right, 6 |
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| 382 | 382 | | power, privilege, or immunity; 7 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ‘‘(C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, au-8 |
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| 384 | 384 | | thority, or limitation, or short of statutory 9 |
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| 385 | 385 | | right; 10 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ‘‘(D) lacking substantial support in the ad-11 |
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| 387 | 387 | | ministrative record taken as a whole or in clas-12 |
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| 388 | 388 | | sified information submitted to the court under 13 |
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| 389 | 389 | | paragraph (2); or 14 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ‘‘(E) not in accord with the procedures re-15 |
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| 391 | 391 | | quired by law. 16 |
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| 392 | 392 | | ‘‘(4) J |
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| 393 | 393 | | UDICIAL REVIEW INVOKED .—The pend-17 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ency of an action for judicial review of a designation, 18 |
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| 395 | 395 | | amended designation, or determination in response 19 |
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| 396 | 396 | | to a petition for revocation shall not affect the appli-20 |
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| 397 | 397 | | cation of this section, unless the court issues a final 21 |
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| 398 | 398 | | order setting aside the designation, amended des-22 |
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| 399 | 399 | | ignation, or determination in response to a petition 23 |
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| 400 | 400 | | for revocation. 24 |
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| 401 | 401 | | ‘‘(d) D |
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| 402 | 402 | | EFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 25 |
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| 406 | 406 | | ‘‘(1) the term ‘classified information’ has the 1 |
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| 407 | 407 | | meaning given that term in section 1(a) of the Clas-2 |
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| 408 | 408 | | sified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.); 3 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ‘‘(2) the term ‘national security’ means the na-4 |
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| 410 | 410 | | tional defense, foreign relations, or economic inter-5 |
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| 411 | 411 | | ests of the United States; 6 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ‘‘(3) the term ‘relevant committees’ means the 7 |
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| 413 | 413 | | Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and of 8 |
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| 414 | 414 | | the House of Representatives; and 9 |
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| 415 | 415 | | ‘‘(4) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 10 |
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| 416 | 416 | | of Homeland Security, in consultation with the At-11 |
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| 417 | 417 | | torney General.’’. 12 |
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| 418 | 418 | | (2) C |
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| 419 | 419 | | LERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-13 |
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| 420 | 420 | | tents for such Act is amended by inserting after the 14 |
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| 421 | 421 | | item relating to section 219 the following: 15 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ‘‘Sec. 220. Designation of criminal gang.’’. |
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| 423 | 423 | | (e) MANDATORYDETENTION OF CRIMINALGANG 16 |
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| 424 | 424 | | M |
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| 425 | 425 | | EMBERS.— 17 |
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| 426 | 426 | | (1) I |
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| 427 | 427 | | N GENERAL.—Section 236(c)(1) of the Im-18 |
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| 428 | 428 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) 19 |
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| 429 | 429 | | is amended— 20 |
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| 430 | 430 | | (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 21 |
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| 431 | 431 | | at the end; 22 |
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| 432 | 432 | | (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 23 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 24 |
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| 437 | 437 | | (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 1 |
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| 438 | 438 | | the following: 2 |
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| 439 | 439 | | ‘‘(E) is inadmissible under section 3 |
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| 440 | 440 | | 212(a)(2)(J) or deportable under section 4 |
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| 441 | 441 | | 217(a)(2)(G),’’. 5 |
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| 442 | 442 | | (2) A |
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| 443 | 443 | | NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 6 |
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| 444 | 444 | | of each year (beginning 1 year after the date of the 7 |
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| 445 | 445 | | enactment of this Act), the Secretary of Homeland 8 |
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| 446 | 446 | | Security, after consultation with the appropriate 9 |
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| 447 | 447 | | Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the Com-10 |
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| 448 | 448 | | mittees on the Judiciary of the House of Represent-11 |
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| 449 | 449 | | atives and of the Senate on the number of aliens de-12 |
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| 450 | 450 | | tained under the amendments made by paragraph 13 |
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| 451 | 451 | | (1). 14 |
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| 452 | 452 | | (f) A |
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| 453 | 453 | | SYLUMCLAIMSBASED ON GANGAFFILI-15 |
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| 454 | 454 | | ATION.— 16 |
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| 455 | 455 | | (1) I |
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| 456 | 456 | | NAPPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTION ON RE -17 |
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| 457 | 457 | | MOVAL TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES .—Section 18 |
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| 458 | 458 | | 241(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 19 |
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| 459 | 459 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(b)(3)(B)) is amended, in the 20 |
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| 460 | 460 | | matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘who is de-21 |
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| 461 | 461 | | scribed in section 212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 22 |
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| 462 | 462 | | 237(a)(2)(G)(i) or who is’’ after ‘‘to an alien’’. 23 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (2) I |
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| 464 | 464 | | NELIGIBILITY FOR ASYLUM .—Section 24 |
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| 465 | 465 | | 208(b)(2)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) 25 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (as amended by section 201 of this Act) is further 1 |
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| 470 | 470 | | amended— 2 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (A) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 3 |
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| 472 | 472 | | end; 4 |
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| 473 | 473 | | (B) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause 5 |
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| 474 | 474 | | (vii); and 6 |
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| 475 | 475 | | (C) by inserting after clause (v) the fol-7 |
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| 476 | 476 | | lowing: 8 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ‘‘(vi) the alien is described in section 9 |
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| 478 | 478 | | 212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(G)(i); 10 |
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| 479 | 479 | | or’’. 11 |
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| 480 | 480 | | (g) T |
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| 481 | 481 | | EMPORARYPROTECTEDSTATUS.—Section 244 12 |
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| 482 | 482 | | of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a) is amended— 13 |
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| 483 | 483 | | (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 14 |
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| 484 | 484 | | it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-15 |
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| 485 | 485 | | curity’’; 16 |
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| 486 | 486 | | (2) in subparagraph (c)(2)(B)— 17 |
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| 487 | 487 | | (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 18 |
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| 488 | 488 | | end; 19 |
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| 489 | 489 | | (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period 20 |
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| 490 | 490 | | and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 21 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 22 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ‘‘(iii) the alien is, or at any time has 23 |
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| 493 | 493 | | been, described in section 212(a)(2)(J) or 24 |
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| 494 | 494 | | section 237(a)(2)(G).’’; and 25 |
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| 498 | 498 | | (3) in subsection (d)— 1 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (A) by striking paragraph (3); and 2 |
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| 500 | 500 | | (B) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 3 |
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| 501 | 501 | | the following: ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Se-4 |
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| 502 | 502 | | curity may detain an alien provided temporary 5 |
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| 503 | 503 | | protected status under this section whenever 6 |
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| 504 | 504 | | appropriate under any other provision of law.’’. 7 |
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| 505 | 505 | | (h) S |
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| 506 | 506 | | PECIALIMMIGRANTJUVENILEVISAS.—Section 8 |
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| 507 | 507 | | 101(a)(27)(J)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 9 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)(iii)) is amended— 10 |
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| 509 | 509 | | (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’; 11 |
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| 510 | 510 | | (2) in subclause (II), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 12 |
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| 511 | 511 | | end; and 13 |
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| 512 | 512 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 14 |
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| 513 | 513 | | ‘‘(III) no alien who is, or at any 15 |
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| 514 | 514 | | time has been, described in section 16 |
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| 515 | 515 | | 212(a)(2)(J) or section 237(a)(2)(G) 17 |
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| 516 | 516 | | shall be eligible for any immigration 18 |
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| 517 | 517 | | benefit under this subparagraph;’’. 19 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (i) P |
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| 519 | 519 | | AROLE.—An alien described in section 20 |
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| 520 | 520 | | 212(a)(2)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 21 |
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| 521 | 521 | | added by subsection (b), shall not be eligible for parole 22 |
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| 522 | 522 | | under section 212(d)(5)(A) of such Act unless— 23 |
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| 527 | 527 | | United States Government in a law enforcement 2 |
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| 528 | 528 | | matter, including a criminal investigation; and 3 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (2) the alien’s presence in the United States is 4 |
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| 530 | 530 | | required by the Government with respect to such as-5 |
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| 531 | 531 | | sistance. 6 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (j) E |
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| 534 | 534 | | this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 8 |
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| 535 | 535 | | of this Act and shall apply to acts that occur before, on, 9 |
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| 536 | 536 | | or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 10 |
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