3.0.0 3946 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z 2023-01-12T17:52:04Z Senate S S 2006-09-27 109 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2006-09-27T15:12:10Z 2006-09-27 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10290) IntroReferral 2006-09-27 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10289-10290) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2006-09-27 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000439 Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] WILLIAM FRIST R TN H. N Immigration Crime and Law Enforcement Criminal aliens Deportation Gangs Visas Immigration 00 2006-09-27 Introduced in Senate 2006-10-10T17:51:42Z Community Protection Against International Gangs Act - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an alien inadmissible or deportable (provides the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Attorney General with waiver authority) if the Attorney General or the Secretary (or a consular officer regarding inadmissibility) knows or has reason to believe that such alien: (1) is or has been a member of a criminal street gang; or (2) has participated in a criminal street gang's activities, knowing or having reason to know that such activities furthered the criminal gang's illegal activity.

Authorizes the Secretary to instruct the Department of State to deny visas to individuals from a country that has denied or unreasonably delayed acceptance of a citizen, national, or resident of that country who has been ordered removed from United States until the country accepts such individual.

]]> Community Protection Against International Gangs Act Display Title Community Protection Against International Gangs Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to make an alien who is a member of a criminal gang removable from the United States and inadmissible to the United States, to permit the Secretary of Homeland Security to deny a visa to an alien who is a national of a country that has denied or delayed accepting an alien removed from the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Community Protection Against International Gangs Act Introduced in Senate 2006-09-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s3946is/xml/BILLS-109s3946is.xml 2006-09-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10290) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.