Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act

This bill, the Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act, would create a new provision (Sec. 238A) in the Immigration and Nationality Act that authorizes the Department of Homeland Security toDetain and rapidly remove certain aliens without eligibility for standard relief. Specifically, it wouldmandate detention and expedited removal for aliens who are: (1) members of criminal gangs or organizations; (2) members or supporters of designated foreign terrorist organizations (or who have provided material support); or (3) convicted of a broad list of crimes (including felonies, certain misdemeanors against a “vulnerable group,” violence against police, sexual offenses, domestic violence, stalking, crimes against children, sexual exploitation of minors, and violations of protection orders). The bill also defines who counts as a “vulnerable group” for purposes of the listed crimes and states that those described are not eligible for withholding of removal under any provision. The change would be inserted into the INA as a new Sec. 238A and would extend expedited removal under section 238 to these criminal and security-related categories. In short, the bill would speed up detention and removal for a broad class of aliens tied to crime or terrorism, and it would block traditional forms of relief from removal for those individuals.