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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 175 |
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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 | | JANUARY3, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | CCLINTOCK(for himself, Mr. WEBERof Texas, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. |
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| 11 | 11 | | N |
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| 12 | 12 | | EHLS, Ms. HAGEMAN, and Mr. OGLES) introduced the following bill; |
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| 13 | 13 | | which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect |
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| 16 | 16 | | to aliens associated with criminal gangs, and for other |
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| 17 | 17 | | purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deport Alien Gang 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | Members Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. GROUNDS OF INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORT-1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | ABILITY FOR ALIEN GANG MEMBERS. 2 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) D |
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| 29 | 29 | | EFINITION OFGANGMEMBER.—Section 101(a) 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1101(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(53) The term ‘criminal gang’ means an ongoing 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | group, club, organization, or association of 5 or more per-7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | sons that has as 1 of its primary purposes the commission 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | of 1 or more of the offenses described in this paragraph 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | and the members of which engage, or have engaged within 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the past 5 years, in a continuing series of such offenses, 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | or that has been designated as a criminal gang by the Sec-12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | retary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the At-13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | torney General, as meeting these criteria. The offenses de-14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | scribed, whether committed, in whole or in part, within 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | or outside of the United States and regardless of whether 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | the offenses occurred before, on, or after the date of the 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | enactment of this paragraph, are the following: 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | ‘‘(A) A Federal, State, local, or Tribal offense 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | that is punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | year and relates to a controlled substance (as so 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | classified under the relevant Federal, State, local, or 22 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Tribal law), regardless of whether the substance is 23 |
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| 50 | 50 | | classified as a controlled substance under section 24 |
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| 51 | 51 | | 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 25 |
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| 52 | 52 | | 802). 26 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(B) A foreign offense that is punishable by im-1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | prisonment for more than 1 year and relates to a 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | controlled substance as defined under section 102 of 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). 4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(C) An offense that is punishable by imprison-5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ment for more than 1 year and involves firearms or 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | explosives (as defined under the relevant Federal, 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | State, local, Tribal, or foreign law) or in violation of 8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | section 931 of title 18, United States Code (relating 9 |
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| 65 | 65 | | to purchase, ownership, or possession of body armor 10 |
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| 66 | 66 | | by violent felons). 11 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(D) An offense under section 274 (relating to 12 |
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| 68 | 68 | | bringing in and harboring certain aliens), section 13 |
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| 69 | 69 | | 277 (relating to aiding or assisting certain aliens to 14 |
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| 70 | 70 | | enter the United States), or section 278 (relating to 15 |
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| 71 | 71 | | importation of alien for immoral purpose). 16 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(E) A crime of violence (as defined in section 17 |
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| 73 | 73 | | 16(a) of title 18, United States Code). 18 |
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| 74 | 74 | | ‘‘(F) A crime involving obstruction of justice, 19 |
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| 75 | 75 | | tampering with or retaliating against a witness, vic-20 |
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| 76 | 76 | | tim, or informant, or burglary (as such terms are 21 |
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| 77 | 77 | | defined under the relevant Federal, State, local, 22 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Tribal, or foreign law). 23 |
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| 79 | 79 | | ‘‘(G) Any conduct punishable under sections 24 |
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| 80 | 80 | | 1028, 1028A, and 1029 of title 18, United States 25 |
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| 84 | 84 | | Code (relating to fraud, aggravated identity theft or 1 |
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| 85 | 85 | | fraud and related activity in connection with identi-2 |
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| 86 | 86 | | fication documents or access devices), sections 1581 3 |
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| 87 | 87 | | through 1594 of such title (relating to peonage, slav-4 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ery, and trafficking in persons), section 1951 of 5 |
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| 89 | 89 | | such title (relating to interference with commerce by 6 |
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| 90 | 90 | | threats or violence), section 1952 of such title (relat-7 |
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| 91 | 91 | | ing to interstate and foreign travel or transportation 8 |
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| 92 | 92 | | in aid of racketeering enterprises), section 1956 of 9 |
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| 93 | 93 | | such title (relating to the laundering of monetary in-10 |
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| 94 | 94 | | struments), section 1957 of such title (relating to 11 |
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| 95 | 95 | | engaging in monetary transactions in property de-12 |
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| 96 | 96 | | rived from specified unlawful activity), or sections 13 |
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| 97 | 97 | | 2312 through 2315 of such title (relating to inter-14 |
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| 98 | 98 | | state transportation of stolen motor vehicles or sto-15 |
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| 99 | 99 | | len property). 16 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(H) A conspiracy to commit an offense de-17 |
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| 101 | 101 | | scribed in subparagraphs (A) through (G).’’. 18 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (b) I |
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| 103 | 103 | | NADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of such Act 19 |
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| 104 | 104 | | (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 20 |
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| 105 | 105 | | the following: 21 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ‘‘(J) A |
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| 107 | 107 | | LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL 22 |
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| 108 | 108 | | GANGS.—Any alien is inadmissible who a con-23 |
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| 109 | 109 | | sular officer, an immigration officer, the Sec-24 |
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| 113 | 113 | | retary of Homeland Security, or the Attorney 1 |
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| 114 | 114 | | General knows, or has reason to believe— 2 |
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| 115 | 115 | | ‘‘(i) is, or has been, a member of a 3 |
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| 116 | 116 | | criminal gang; 4 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(ii) has promoted, conspired with, 5 |
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| 118 | 118 | | aided, or participated in the activities of a 6 |
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| 119 | 119 | | criminal gang, whether within or outside of 7 |
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| 120 | 120 | | the United States; or 8 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ‘‘(iii) seeks to enter the United States, 9 |
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| 122 | 122 | | or has entered the United States, in fur-10 |
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| 123 | 123 | | therance of the activities of a criminal 11 |
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| 124 | 124 | | gang, whether those activities take place 12 |
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| 125 | 125 | | within or outside of the United States.’’. 13 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (c) D |
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| 127 | 127 | | EPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-14 |
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| 128 | 128 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 16 |
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| 130 | 130 | | ‘‘(G) A |
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| 131 | 131 | | LIENS ASSOCIATED WITH CRIMINAL 17 |
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| 132 | 132 | | GANGS.—Any alien is deportable who— 18 |
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| 133 | 133 | | ‘‘(i) is or has been a member of a 19 |
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| 134 | 134 | | criminal gang; or 20 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘(ii) has promoted, conspired with, 21 |
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| 136 | 136 | | aided, or participated in the activities of a 22 |
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| 137 | 137 | | criminal gang, whether within or outside of 23 |
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| 138 | 138 | | the United States.’’. 24 |
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| 139 | 139 | | (d) D |
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| 140 | 140 | | ESIGNATION.— 25 |
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| 144 | 144 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title II of the 1 |
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| 145 | 145 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is 2 |
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| 146 | 146 | | amended by inserting after section 219 the fol-3 |
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| 147 | 147 | | lowing: 4 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘Sec. 220. Designation of criminal gang. |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(a) DESIGNATION.— 5 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 151 | 151 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | Security, in consultation with the Attorney General, 7 |
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| 153 | 153 | | may designate a group, club, organization, or asso-8 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ciation of 5 or more persons as a criminal gang if 9 |
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| 155 | 155 | | the Secretary finds that their conduct is described in 10 |
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| 156 | 156 | | section 101(a)(53). 11 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 158 | 158 | | ROCEDURE.— 12 |
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| 159 | 159 | | ‘‘(A) N |
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| 160 | 160 | | OTIFICATION.—7 days before mak-13 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ing a designation under this subsection, the 14 |
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| 162 | 162 | | Secretary shall, by classified communication, 15 |
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| 163 | 163 | | notify the Speaker and minority leader of the 16 |
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| 164 | 164 | | House of Representatives, the president pro 17 |
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| 165 | 165 | | tempore, majority leader, and minority leader of 18 |
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| 166 | 166 | | the Senate, and the members of the relevant 19 |
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| 167 | 167 | | committees of the House of Representatives and 20 |
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| 168 | 168 | | the Senate, in writing, of the intent to des-21 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ignate a group, club, organization, or associa-22 |
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| 170 | 170 | | tion of 5 or more persons under this subsection 23 |
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| 171 | 171 | | and the factual basis therefor. 24 |
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| 175 | 175 | | ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REG -1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | ISTER.—The Secretary shall publish the des-2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | ignation in the Federal Register 7 days after 3 |
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| 178 | 178 | | providing the notification under subparagraph 4 |
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| 179 | 179 | | (A). 5 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(3) R |
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| 181 | 181 | | ECORD.— 6 |
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| 182 | 182 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 183 | 183 | | N GENERAL.—In making a designa-7 |
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| 184 | 184 | | tion under this subsection, the Secretary shall 8 |
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| 185 | 185 | | create an administrative record. 9 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 187 | 187 | | LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The 10 |
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| 188 | 188 | | Secretary may consider classified information in 11 |
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| 189 | 189 | | making a designation under this subsection. 12 |
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| 190 | 190 | | Classified information shall not be subject to 13 |
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| 191 | 191 | | disclosure for such time as it remains classified, 14 |
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| 192 | 192 | | except that such information may be disclosed 15 |
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| 193 | 193 | | to a court ex parte and in camera for purposes 16 |
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| 194 | 194 | | of judicial review under subsection (c). 17 |
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| 195 | 195 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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| 196 | 196 | | ERIOD OF DESIGNATION.— 18 |
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| 197 | 197 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 198 | 198 | | N GENERAL.—A designation under 19 |
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| 199 | 199 | | this subsection shall be effective for all purposes 20 |
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| 200 | 200 | | until revoked under paragraph (5) or (6) or set 21 |
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| 201 | 201 | | aside pursuant to subsection (c). 22 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(B) R |
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| 203 | 203 | | EVIEW OF DESIGNATION UPON PE -23 |
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| 204 | 204 | | TITION.— 24 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 1 |
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| 209 | 209 | | shall review the designation of a criminal 2 |
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| 210 | 210 | | gang under the procedures set forth in 3 |
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| 211 | 211 | | clauses (iii) and (iv) if the designated 4 |
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| 212 | 212 | | group, club, organization, or association of 5 |
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| 213 | 213 | | 5 or more persons files a petition for rev-6 |
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| 214 | 214 | | ocation within the petition period described 7 |
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| 215 | 215 | | in clause (ii). 8 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(ii) P |
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| 217 | 217 | | ETITION PERIOD.—For pur-9 |
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| 218 | 218 | | poses of clause (i)— 10 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(I) if the designated group, 11 |
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| 220 | 220 | | club, organization, or association of 5 12 |
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| 221 | 221 | | or more persons has not previously 13 |
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| 222 | 222 | | filed a petition for revocation under 14 |
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| 223 | 223 | | this subparagraph, the petition period 15 |
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| 224 | 224 | | begins 2 years after the date on which 16 |
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| 225 | 225 | | the designation was made; or 17 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ‘‘(II) if the designated group, 18 |
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| 227 | 227 | | club, organization, or association of 5 19 |
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| 228 | 228 | | or more persons has previously filed a 20 |
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| 229 | 229 | | petition for revocation under this sub-21 |
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| 230 | 230 | | paragraph, the petition period begins 22 |
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| 231 | 231 | | 2 years after the date of the deter-23 |
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| 232 | 232 | | mination made under clause (iv) on 24 |
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| 233 | 233 | | that petition. 25 |
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| 237 | 237 | | ‘‘(iii) PROCEDURES.—Any group, 1 |
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| 238 | 238 | | club, organization, or association of 5 or 2 |
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| 239 | 239 | | more persons that submits a petition for 3 |
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| 240 | 240 | | revocation under this subparagraph of its 4 |
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| 241 | 241 | | designation as a criminal gang must pro-5 |
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| 242 | 242 | | vide evidence in that petition that it is not 6 |
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| 243 | 243 | | described in section 101(a)(53). 7 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(iv) D |
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| 245 | 245 | | ETERMINATION.— 8 |
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| 246 | 246 | | ‘‘(I) I |
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| 247 | 247 | | N GENERAL.—Not later 9 |
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| 248 | 248 | | than 30 days after receiving a petition 10 |
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| 249 | 249 | | for revocation submitted under this 11 |
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| 250 | 250 | | subparagraph, the Secretary shall 12 |
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| 251 | 251 | | make a determination as to such rev-13 |
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| 252 | 252 | | ocation. 14 |
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| 253 | 253 | | ‘‘(II) C |
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| 254 | 254 | | LASSIFIED INFORMA -15 |
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| 255 | 255 | | TION.—The Secretary may consider 16 |
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| 256 | 256 | | classified information in making a de-17 |
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| 257 | 257 | | termination in response to a petition 18 |
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| 258 | 258 | | for revocation. Classified information 19 |
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| 259 | 259 | | shall not be subject to disclosure for 20 |
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| 260 | 260 | | such time as it remains classified, ex-21 |
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| 261 | 261 | | cept that such information may be 22 |
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| 262 | 262 | | disclosed to a court ex parte and in 23 |
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| 263 | 263 | | camera for purposes of judicial review 24 |
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| 264 | 264 | | under subsection (c). 25 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘(III) PUBLICATION OF DETER -1 |
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| 269 | 269 | | MINATION.—A determination made by 2 |
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| 270 | 270 | | the Secretary under this clause shall 3 |
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| 271 | 271 | | be published in the Federal Register. 4 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘(IV) P |
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| 273 | 273 | | ROCEDURES.—Any rev-5 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ocation by the Secretary shall be 6 |
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| 275 | 275 | | made in accordance with paragraph 7 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (6). 8 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(C) O |
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| 278 | 278 | | THER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION .— 9 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 280 | 280 | | N GENERAL.—If in a 5-year pe-10 |
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| 281 | 281 | | riod no review has taken place under sub-11 |
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| 282 | 282 | | paragraph (B), the Secretary shall review 12 |
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| 283 | 283 | | the designation of the criminal gang in 13 |
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| 284 | 284 | | order to determine whether such designa-14 |
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| 285 | 285 | | tion should be revoked pursuant to para-15 |
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| 286 | 286 | | graph (6). 16 |
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| 287 | 287 | | ‘‘(ii) P |
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| 288 | 288 | | ROCEDURES.—If a review does 17 |
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| 289 | 289 | | not take place pursuant to subparagraph 18 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (B) in response to a petition for revocation 19 |
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| 291 | 291 | | that is filed in accordance with that sub-20 |
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| 292 | 292 | | paragraph, then the review shall be con-21 |
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| 293 | 293 | | ducted pursuant to procedures established 22 |
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| 294 | 294 | | by the Secretary. The results of such re-23 |
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| 295 | 295 | | view and the applicable procedures shall 24 |
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| 296 | 296 | | not be reviewable in any court. 25 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION OF RESULTS OF 1 |
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| 301 | 301 | | REVIEW.—The Secretary shall publish any 2 |
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| 302 | 302 | | determination made pursuant to this sub-3 |
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| 303 | 303 | | paragraph in the Federal Register. 4 |
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| 304 | 304 | | ‘‘(5) R |
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| 305 | 305 | | EVOCATION BY ACT OF CONGRESS .—The 5 |
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| 306 | 306 | | Congress, by an Act of Congress, may block or re-6 |
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| 307 | 307 | | voke a designation made under paragraph (1). 7 |
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| 308 | 308 | | ‘‘(6) R |
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| 309 | 309 | | EVOCATION BASED ON CHANGE IN CIR -8 |
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| 310 | 310 | | CUMSTANCES.— 9 |
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| 311 | 311 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 312 | 312 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary may re-10 |
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| 313 | 313 | | voke a designation made under paragraph (1) 11 |
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| 314 | 314 | | at any time, and shall revoke a designation 12 |
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| 315 | 315 | | upon completion of a review conducted pursu-13 |
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| 316 | 316 | | ant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph 14 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (4) if the Secretary finds that— 15 |
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| 318 | 318 | | ‘‘(i) the group, club, organization, or 16 |
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| 319 | 319 | | association of 5 or more persons that has 17 |
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| 320 | 320 | | been designated as a criminal gang is no 18 |
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| 321 | 321 | | longer described in section 101(a)(53); or 19 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(ii) the national security or the law 20 |
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| 323 | 323 | | enforcement interests of the United States 21 |
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| 324 | 324 | | warrants a revocation. 22 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 326 | 326 | | ROCEDURE.—The procedural re-23 |
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| 327 | 327 | | quirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall 24 |
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| 328 | 328 | | apply to a revocation under this paragraph. Any 25 |
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| 332 | 332 | | revocation shall take effect on the date specified 1 |
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| 333 | 333 | | in the revocation or upon publication in the 2 |
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| 334 | 334 | | Federal Register if no effective date is specified. 3 |
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| 335 | 335 | | ‘‘(7) E |
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| 336 | 336 | | FFECT OF REVOCATION .—The revocation 4 |
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| 337 | 337 | | of a designation under paragraph (5) or (6) shall 5 |
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| 338 | 338 | | not affect any action or proceeding based on conduct 6 |
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| 339 | 339 | | committed prior to the effective date of such revoca-7 |
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| 340 | 340 | | tion. 8 |
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| 341 | 341 | | ‘‘(8) U |
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| 342 | 342 | | SE OF DESIGNATION IN TRIAL OR HEAR -9 |
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| 343 | 343 | | ING.—If a designation under this subsection has be-10 |
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| 344 | 344 | | come effective under paragraph (2) an alien in a re-11 |
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| 345 | 345 | | moval proceeding shall not be permitted to raise any 12 |
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| 346 | 346 | | question concerning the validity of the issuance of 13 |
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| 347 | 347 | | such designation as a defense or an objection. 14 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ‘‘(b) A |
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| 349 | 349 | | MENDMENTS TO A DESIGNATION.— 15 |
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| 350 | 350 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 351 | 351 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary may amend 16 |
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| 352 | 352 | | a designation under this subsection if the Secretary 17 |
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| 353 | 353 | | finds that the group, club, organization, or associa-18 |
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| 354 | 354 | | tion of 5 or more persons has changed its name, 19 |
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| 355 | 355 | | adopted a new alias, dissolved and then reconsti-20 |
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| 356 | 356 | | tuted itself under a different name or names, or 21 |
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| 357 | 357 | | merged with another group, club, organization, or 22 |
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| 358 | 358 | | association of 5 or more persons. 23 |
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| 359 | 359 | | ‘‘(2) P |
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| 360 | 360 | | ROCEDURE.—Amendments made to a 24 |
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| 361 | 361 | | designation in accordance with paragraph (1) shall 25 |
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| 365 | 365 | | be effective upon publication in the Federal Register. 1 |
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| 366 | 366 | | Paragraphs (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8) of sub-2 |
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| 367 | 367 | | section (a) shall also apply to an amended designa-3 |
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| 368 | 368 | | tion. 4 |
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| 369 | 369 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 370 | 370 | | DMINISTRATIVE RECORD .—The adminis-5 |
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| 371 | 371 | | trative record shall be corrected to include the 6 |
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| 372 | 372 | | amendments as well as any additional relevant infor-7 |
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| 373 | 373 | | mation that supports those amendments. 8 |
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| 374 | 374 | | ‘‘(4) C |
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| 375 | 375 | | LASSIFIED INFORMATION .—The Sec-9 |
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| 376 | 376 | | retary may consider classified information in amend-10 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ing a designation in accordance with this subsection. 11 |
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| 378 | 378 | | Classified information shall not be subject to disclo-12 |
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| 379 | 379 | | sure for such time as it remains classified, except 13 |
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| 380 | 380 | | that such information may be disclosed to a court ex 14 |
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| 381 | 381 | | parte and in camera for purposes of judicial review 15 |
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| 382 | 382 | | under subsection (c) of this section. 16 |
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| 383 | 383 | | ‘‘(c) J |
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| 384 | 384 | | UDICIALREVIEW OFDESIGNATION.— 17 |
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| 385 | 385 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 386 | 386 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 18 |
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| 387 | 387 | | after publication in the Federal Register of a des-19 |
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| 388 | 388 | | ignation, an amended designation, or a determina-20 |
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| 389 | 389 | | tion in response to a petition for revocation, the des-21 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ignated group, club, organization, or association of 5 22 |
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| 391 | 391 | | or more persons may seek judicial review in the 23 |
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| 392 | 392 | | United States Court of Appeals for the District of 24 |
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| 393 | 393 | | Columbia Circuit. 25 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ‘‘(2) BASIS OF REVIEW.—Review under this 1 |
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| 398 | 398 | | subsection shall be based solely upon the administra-2 |
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| 399 | 399 | | tive record, except that the Government may submit, 3 |
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| 400 | 400 | | for ex parte and in camera review, classified infor-4 |
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| 401 | 401 | | mation used in making the designation, amended 5 |
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| 402 | 402 | | designation, or determination in response to a peti-6 |
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| 403 | 403 | | tion for revocation. 7 |
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| 404 | 404 | | ‘‘(3) S |
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| 405 | 405 | | COPE OF REVIEW.—The Court shall hold 8 |
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| 406 | 406 | | unlawful and set aside a designation, amended des-9 |
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| 407 | 407 | | ignation, or determination in response to a petition 10 |
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| 408 | 408 | | for revocation the court finds to be— 11 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ‘‘(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis-12 |
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| 410 | 410 | | cretion, or otherwise not in accordance with 13 |
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| 411 | 411 | | law; 14 |
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| 412 | 412 | | ‘‘(B) contrary to constitutional right, 15 |
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| 413 | 413 | | power, privilege, or immunity; 16 |
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| 414 | 414 | | ‘‘(C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, au-17 |
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| 415 | 415 | | thority, or limitation, or short of statutory 18 |
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| 416 | 416 | | right; 19 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ‘‘(D) lacking substantial support in the ad-20 |
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| 418 | 418 | | ministrative record taken as a whole or in clas-21 |
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| 419 | 419 | | sified information submitted to the court under 22 |
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| 420 | 420 | | paragraph (2); or 23 |
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| 421 | 421 | | ‘‘(E) not in accord with the procedures re-24 |
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| 422 | 422 | | quired by law. 25 |
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| 426 | 426 | | ‘‘(4) JUDICIAL REVIEW INVOKED .—The pend-1 |
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| 427 | 427 | | ency of an action for judicial review of a designation, 2 |
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| 428 | 428 | | amended designation, or determination in response 3 |
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| 429 | 429 | | to a petition for revocation shall not affect the appli-4 |
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| 430 | 430 | | cation of this section, unless the court issues a final 5 |
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| 431 | 431 | | order setting aside the designation, amended des-6 |
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| 432 | 432 | | ignation, or determination in response to a petition 7 |
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| 433 | 433 | | for revocation. 8 |
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| 434 | 434 | | ‘‘(5) E |
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| 435 | 435 | | XPEDITED REVIEW.—It shall be the duty 9 |
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| 436 | 436 | | of the Court to advance on the docket and expedite 10 |
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| 437 | 437 | | to the greatest possible extent the disposition of any 11 |
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| 438 | 438 | | case considered under this subsection. 12 |
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| 439 | 439 | | ‘‘(d) D |
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| 440 | 440 | | EFINITIONS.—As used in this section— 13 |
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| 441 | 441 | | ‘‘(1) the term ‘classified information’ has the 14 |
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| 442 | 442 | | meaning given that term in section 1(a) of the Clas-15 |
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| 443 | 443 | | sified Information Procedures Act (18 U.S.C. App.); 16 |
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| 444 | 444 | | ‘‘(2) the term ‘national security’ means the na-17 |
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| 445 | 445 | | tional defense, foreign relations, or economic inter-18 |
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| 446 | 446 | | ests of the United States; 19 |
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| 447 | 447 | | ‘‘(3) the term ‘relevant committees’ means the 20 |
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| 448 | 448 | | Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and of 21 |
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| 449 | 449 | | the House of Representatives; and 22 |
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| 450 | 450 | | ‘‘(4) the term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 23 |
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| 451 | 451 | | of Homeland Security, in consultation with the At-24 |
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| 452 | 452 | | torney General.’’. 25 |
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| 456 | 456 | | (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT .—The table of con-1 |
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| 457 | 457 | | tents for such Act is amended by inserting after the 2 |
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| 458 | 458 | | item relating to section 219 the following: 3 |
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| 459 | 459 | | ‘‘Sec. 220. Designation.’’. |
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| 460 | 460 | | (e) MANDATORYDETENTION OF CRIMINALGANG 4 |
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| 461 | 461 | | M |
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| 462 | 462 | | EMBERS.— 5 |
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| 463 | 463 | | (1) I |
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| 464 | 464 | | N GENERAL.—Section 236(c)(1) of the Im-6 |
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| 465 | 465 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) 7 |
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| 466 | 466 | | is amended— 8 |
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| 467 | 467 | | (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or’’ 9 |
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| 468 | 468 | | at the end; 10 |
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| 469 | 469 | | (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 11 |
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| 470 | 470 | | ‘‘or’’ at the end; and 12 |
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| 471 | 471 | | (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 13 |
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| 472 | 472 | | the following: 14 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ‘‘(E) is inadmissible under section 15 |
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| 474 | 474 | | 212(a)(2)(J) or deportable under section 16 |
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| 475 | 475 | | 217(a)(2)(G),’’. 17 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (2) A |
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| 477 | 477 | | NNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 1 18 |
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| 478 | 478 | | of each year (beginning 1 year after the date of the 19 |
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| 479 | 479 | | enactment of this Act), the Secretary of Homeland 20 |
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| 480 | 480 | | Security, after consultation with the appropriate 21 |
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| 481 | 481 | | Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the Com-22 |
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| 482 | 482 | | mittees on the Judiciary of the House of Represent-23 |
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| 483 | 483 | | atives and of the Senate on the number of aliens de-24 |
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| 487 | 487 | | tained under the amendments made by paragraph 1 |
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| 488 | 488 | | (1). 2 |
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| 489 | 489 | | (f) C |
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| 490 | 490 | | LAIMSBASED ONGANGAFFILIATION.— 3 |
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| 491 | 491 | | (1) I |
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| 492 | 492 | | NAPPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTION ON RE -4 |
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| 493 | 493 | | MOVAL TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES .—Section 5 |
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| 494 | 494 | | 241(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 6 |
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| 495 | 495 | | Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(b)(3)(B)) is amended, in the 7 |
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| 496 | 496 | | matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘who is de-8 |
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| 497 | 497 | | scribed in section 212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 9 |
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| 498 | 498 | | 237(a)(2)(G)(i) or who is’’ after ‘‘to an alien’’. 10 |
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| 499 | 499 | | (2) I |
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| 500 | 500 | | NELIGIBILITY FOR ASYLUM .—Section 11 |
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| 501 | 501 | | 208(b)(2)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) 12 |
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| 502 | 502 | | (as amended by section 201 of this Act) is further 13 |
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| 503 | 503 | | amended— 14 |
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| 504 | 504 | | (A) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 15 |
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| 505 | 505 | | end; 16 |
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| 506 | 506 | | (B) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause 17 |
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| 507 | 507 | | (vii); and 18 |
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| 508 | 508 | | (C) by inserting after clause (v) the fol-19 |
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| 509 | 509 | | lowing: 20 |
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| 510 | 510 | | ‘‘(vi) the alien is described in section 21 |
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| 511 | 511 | | 212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(G)(i); 22 |
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| 512 | 512 | | or’’. 23 |
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| 513 | 513 | | (g) T |
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| 514 | 514 | | EMPORARYPROTECTEDSTATUS.—Section 244 24 |
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| 515 | 515 | | of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a) is amended— 25 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each place 1 |
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| 520 | 520 | | it appears and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Se-2 |
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| 521 | 521 | | curity’’; 3 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (2) in subparagraph (c)(2)(B)— 4 |
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| 523 | 523 | | (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 5 |
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| 524 | 524 | | end; 6 |
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| 525 | 525 | | (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period 7 |
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| 526 | 526 | | and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 8 |
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| 527 | 527 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 528 | 528 | | ‘‘(iii) the alien is, or at any time has 10 |
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| 529 | 529 | | been, described in section 212(a)(2)(J) or 11 |
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| 530 | 530 | | section 237(a)(2)(G).’’; and 12 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (3) in subsection (d)— 13 |
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| 532 | 532 | | (A) by striking paragraph (3); and 14 |
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| 533 | 533 | | (B) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end 15 |
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| 534 | 534 | | the following: ‘‘The Secretary of Homeland Se-16 |
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| 535 | 535 | | curity may detain an alien provided temporary 17 |
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| 536 | 536 | | protected status under this section whenever 18 |
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| 537 | 537 | | appropriate under any other provision of law.’’. 19 |
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| 538 | 538 | | (h) S |
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| 539 | 539 | | PECIALIMMIGRANTJUVENILEVISAS.—Section 20 |
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| 540 | 540 | | 101(a)(27)(J)(iii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 21 |
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| 541 | 541 | | (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(27)(J)(iii)) is amended— 22 |
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| 542 | 542 | | (1) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘and’’; 23 |
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| 543 | 543 | | (2) in subclause (II), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 24 |
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| 544 | 544 | | end; and 25 |
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| 548 | 548 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 1 |
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| 549 | 549 | | ‘‘(III) no alien who is, or at any 2 |
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| 550 | 550 | | time has been, described in section 3 |
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| 551 | 551 | | 212(a)(2)(J) or section 237(a)(2)(G) 4 |
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| 552 | 552 | | shall be eligible for any immigration 5 |
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| 553 | 553 | | benefit under this subparagraph;’’. 6 |
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| 554 | 554 | | (i) P |
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| 555 | 555 | | AROLE.—An alien described in section 7 |
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| 556 | 556 | | 212(a)(2)(J) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as 8 |
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| 557 | 557 | | added by subsection (b), shall not be eligible for parole 9 |
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| 558 | 558 | | under section 212(d)(5)(A) of such Act unless— 10 |
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| 559 | 559 | | (1) the alien is assisting or has assisted the 11 |
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| 560 | 560 | | United States Government in a law enforcement 12 |
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| 561 | 561 | | matter, including a criminal investigation; and 13 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (2) the alien’s presence in the United States is 14 |
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| 563 | 563 | | required by the Government with respect to such as-15 |
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| 564 | 564 | | sistance. 16 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (j) I |
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| 566 | 566 | | NELIGIBILITY FOROTHERRELIEF.—An alien 17 |
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| 567 | 567 | | described in section 212(a)(2)(J) or 237(a)(2)(G) of the 18 |
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| 568 | 568 | | Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(J) 19 |
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| 569 | 569 | | or 1227(a)(2)(G)) shall be ineligible for any other relief 20 |
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| 570 | 570 | | under the immigration laws, including under section 2242 21 |
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| 571 | 571 | | of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supple-22 |
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| 572 | 572 | | mental Appropriations Act, 1999 (and any regulations 23 |
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| 573 | 573 | | issued pursuant to such section). 24 |
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| 578 | 578 | | this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 2 |
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| 579 | 579 | | of this Act and shall apply to acts that occur before, on, 3 |
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| 580 | 580 | | or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4 |
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