<enum>I</enum><header>Ending Catch and Release Act of 2006</header> <section id="H48C240E3E3F94872ACB6C92F008F6047"><enum>101.</enum><header>Appropriate remedies for immigration legislation</header> <subsection id="H79E2BFC0770E45AD99B5B576AA26A02B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for an order granting prospective relief against the government</header> <paragraph id="H8789BD70E80345DFA38D2D93AFC1DE14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a court determines that prospective relief should be ordered against the Government in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States, the court shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HC9FC146481B240BD9EA9BC1BD4E6FEBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>limit the relief to the minimum necessary to correct the violation of law;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07C8A6C51CDB498A8BB607D680889F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adopt the least intrusive means to correct the violation of law;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06A514E44F6B466883F69BA28E1370"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize, to the greatest extent practicable, the adverse impact on national security, border security, immigration administration and enforcement, and public safety; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4F6FA5D9F1649109E4F07A70873716D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide for the expiration of the relief on a specific date, which is not later than the earliest date necessary for the Government to remedy the violation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC02F3430FC24456A8770E447BE503E20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Written explanation</header><text>The requirements described in subparagraph (A) shall be discussed and explained in writing in the order granting prospective relief and must be sufficiently detailed to allow review by another court.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA4460B3982DC42D500FF7DB1051347CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expiration of preliminary injunctive relief</header><text>Preliminary injunctive relief shall automatically expire on the date that is 90 days after the date on which such relief is entered, unless the court—</text> <subparagraph id="H37702E6D5C2943BA9FD8F9D439DDA00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>makes the findings required under paragraph (1) for the entry of permanent prospective relief; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2265F65E2AF43F4BEB5B1BD3096647F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>makes the order final before expiration of such 90-day period.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0E40B2BC02349D3BE2669ADACF468E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Requirements for order denying motion</header><text>This subsection shall apply to any order denying the Government’s motion to vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD2097D66075F46C7996BDB22E396727C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure for motion affecting order granting prospective relief against the government</header> <paragraph id="H861C24B97FFB4DAFBCADF632FE61CB52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A court shall promptly rule on the Government’s motion to vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB307CCFACAC74C8EA0E0A0C44B73DF76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Automatic stays</header> <subparagraph id="HFDDEC58766B54B3A8D0194EFF081C500"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Government’s motion to vacate, modify, dissolve, or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief made in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States shall automatically, and without further order of the court, stay the order granting prospective relief on the date that is 15 days after the date on which such motion is filed unless the court previously has granted or denied the Government’s motion.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H003282CE0C6C46549D9E3DEB3B2DABFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duration of automatic stay</header><text>An automatic stay under subparagraph (A) shall continue until the court enters an order granting or denying the Government’s motion.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A640ACCD2DC443F00FE2445EF1E5687"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Postponement</header><text>The court, for good cause, may postpone an automatic stay under subparagraph (A) for not longer than 15 days.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DD7927D454341EC922BCA48DB002730"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Orders blocking automatic stays</header><text>Any order staying, suspending, delaying, or otherwise barring the effective date of the automatic stay described in subparagraph (A), other than an order to postpone the effective date of the automatic stay for not longer than 15 days under subparagraph (C), shall be—</text> <clause id="H9FCE2B66315549908C5241B5E45095F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>treated as an order refusing to vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an injunction; and</text> </clause><clause id="H92D43BE9B3F742C5B09157FF041BE6A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>immediately appealable under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1292">section 1292(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA55D6C39533E48539420FEAEC07308B8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Settlements</header> <paragraph id="H439000188F464AF2A398BD3BAEEACF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consent decrees</header><text>In any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States, the court may not enter, approve, or continue a consent decree that does not comply with subsection (a).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H47913A4829B74B7A80AC20864EFB5D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Private settlement agreements</header><text>Nothing in this section shall preclude parties from entering into a private settlement agreement that does not comply with subsection (a) if the terms of that agreement are not subject to court enforcement other than reinstatement of the civil proceedings that the agreement settled.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H766745C8BCA7407089964032789D07F6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expedited proceedings</header><text>It shall be the duty of every court to advance on the docket and to expedite the disposition of any civil action or motion considered under this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD9CBFC7CDBF547B1B5ECDDE9B2ED2C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H4364E3369CF640B49E82F000FAB91622"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consent decree</header><text>The term <term>consent decree</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="HDD013392D0C04683879FBAD13BE421FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any relief entered by the court that is based in whole or in part on the consent or acquiescence of the parties; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86F2CDE468A84B098FEE56FCD6C5228"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include private settlements.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD4DD26A41BB48C7AF081016F16231DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Good cause</header><text>The term <term>good cause</term> does not include discovery or congestion of the court’s calendar.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H46EBB13C097A4A1490004C21CEE5794C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Government</header><text>The term <term>Government</term> means the United States, any Federal department or agency, or any Federal agent or official acting within the scope of official duties.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H22913CBD8B254845AFC26E1900997916"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Permanent relief</header><text>The term <term>permanent relief</term> means relief issued in connection with a final decision of a court.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D7CA4D6A624464DBEF86CD234FDDE9E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Private settlement agreement</header><text>The term <term>private settlement agreement</term> means an agreement entered into among the parties that is not subject to judicial enforcement other than the reinstatement of the civil action that the agreement settled.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD2F52A615DBF48B2B2FC602B003764E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Prospective relief</header><text>The term <term>prospective relief</term> means temporary, preliminary, or permanent relief other than compensatory monetary damages.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD434BB8BAB0849D68140F36D57A6ED1"><enum>102.</enum><header>Effective date</header> <subsection id="H6EEFE67590B741BA0027B9E69C58803B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title shall apply with respect to all orders granting prospective relief in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States, whether such relief was ordered before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF7BBD74EE4BB4567006FD752F47AA3D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pending motions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every motion to vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief in any such action, which motion is pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be treated as if it had been filed on such date of enactment.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB3F6849C97684054BC844D42D0FDAEAB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Automatic stay for pending motions</header> <paragraph id="H9DE2E444208B401192059567CE366982"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An automatic stay with respect to the prospective relief that is the subject of a motion described in subsection (b) shall take effect without further order of the court on the date which is 10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act if the motion—</text> <subparagraph id="H8D0AA587841A4626B8B2F075D8E0185"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was pending for 45 days as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AD56348B2FA409E95C8C2148B76E37F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is still pending on the date which is 10 days after such date of enactment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5498F45525CB43FCAE34B91DCBCCD25C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration of automatic stay</header><text>An automatic stay that takes effect under paragraph (1) shall continue until the court enters an order granting or denying the Government’s motion under section 101(b). There shall be no further postponement of the automatic stay with respect to any such pending motion under section 101(b)(2). Any order, staying, suspending, delaying or otherwise barring the effective date of this automatic stay with respect to pending motions described in subsection (b) shall be an order blocking an automatic stay subject to immediate appeal under section 101(b)(2)(D).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>

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<enum>I</enum><header>Ending Catch and Release Act of 2006</header> <section id="H48C240E3E3F94872ACB6C92F008F6047"><enum>101.</enum><header>Appropriate remedies for immigration legislation</header> <subsection id="H79E2BFC0770E45AD99B5B576AA26A02B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for an order granting prospective relief against the government</header> <paragraph id="H8789BD70E80345DFA38D2D93AFC1DE14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a court determines that prospective relief should be ordered against the Government in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States, the court shall—</text> <subparagraph id="HC9FC146481B240BD9EA9BC1BD4E6FEBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>limit the relief to the minimum necessary to correct the violation of law;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H07C8A6C51CDB498A8BB607D680889F6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>adopt the least intrusive means to correct the violation of law;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H06A514E44F6B466883F69BA28E1370"><enum>(C)</enum><text>minimize, to the greatest extent practicable, the adverse impact on national security, border security, immigration administration and enforcement, and public safety; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC4F6FA5D9F1649109E4F07A70873716D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide for the expiration of the relief on a specific date, which is not later than the earliest date necessary for the Government to remedy the violation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC02F3430FC24456A8770E447BE503E20"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Written explanation</header><text>The requirements described in subparagraph (A) shall be discussed and explained in writing in the order granting prospective relief and must be sufficiently detailed to allow review by another court.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA4460B3982DC42D500FF7DB1051347CA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expiration of preliminary injunctive relief</header><text>Preliminary injunctive relief shall automatically expire on the date that is 90 days after the date on which such relief is entered, unless the court—</text> <subparagraph id="H37702E6D5C2943BA9FD8F9D439DDA00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>makes the findings required under paragraph (1) for the entry of permanent prospective relief; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF2265F65E2AF43F4BEB5B1BD3096647F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>makes the order final before expiration of such 90-day period.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD0E40B2BC02349D3BE2669ADACF468E7"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Requirements for order denying motion</header><text>This subsection shall apply to any order denying the Government’s motion to vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD2097D66075F46C7996BDB22E396727C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Procedure for motion affecting order granting prospective relief against the government</header> <paragraph id="H861C24B97FFB4DAFBCADF632FE61CB52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A court shall promptly rule on the Government’s motion to vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB307CCFACAC74C8EA0E0A0C44B73DF76"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Automatic stays</header> <subparagraph id="HFDDEC58766B54B3A8D0194EFF081C500"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Government’s motion to vacate, modify, dissolve, or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief made in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States shall automatically, and without further order of the court, stay the order granting prospective relief on the date that is 15 days after the date on which such motion is filed unless the court previously has granted or denied the Government’s motion.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H003282CE0C6C46549D9E3DEB3B2DABFD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Duration of automatic stay</header><text>An automatic stay under subparagraph (A) shall continue until the court enters an order granting or denying the Government’s motion.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7A640ACCD2DC443F00FE2445EF1E5687"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Postponement</header><text>The court, for good cause, may postpone an automatic stay under subparagraph (A) for not longer than 15 days.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1DD7927D454341EC922BCA48DB002730"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Orders blocking automatic stays</header><text>Any order staying, suspending, delaying, or otherwise barring the effective date of the automatic stay described in subparagraph (A), other than an order to postpone the effective date of the automatic stay for not longer than 15 days under subparagraph (C), shall be—</text> <clause id="H9FCE2B66315549908C5241B5E45095F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>treated as an order refusing to vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an injunction; and</text> </clause><clause id="H92D43BE9B3F742C5B09157FF041BE6A6"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>immediately appealable under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1292">section 1292(a)(1)</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA55D6C39533E48539420FEAEC07308B8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Settlements</header> <paragraph id="H439000188F464AF2A398BD3BAEEACF0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consent decrees</header><text>In any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States, the court may not enter, approve, or continue a consent decree that does not comply with subsection (a).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H47913A4829B74B7A80AC20864EFB5D0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Private settlement agreements</header><text>Nothing in this section shall preclude parties from entering into a private settlement agreement that does not comply with subsection (a) if the terms of that agreement are not subject to court enforcement other than reinstatement of the civil proceedings that the agreement settled.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H766745C8BCA7407089964032789D07F6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Expedited proceedings</header><text>It shall be the duty of every court to advance on the docket and to expedite the disposition of any civil action or motion considered under this section.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD9CBFC7CDBF547B1B5ECDDE9B2ED2C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H4364E3369CF640B49E82F000FAB91622"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Consent decree</header><text>The term <term>consent decree</term>—</text> <subparagraph id="HDD013392D0C04683879FBAD13BE421FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any relief entered by the court that is based in whole or in part on the consent or acquiescence of the parties; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86F2CDE468A84B098FEE56FCD6C5228"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include private settlements.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HAD4DD26A41BB48C7AF081016F16231DD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Good cause</header><text>The term <term>good cause</term> does not include discovery or congestion of the court’s calendar.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H46EBB13C097A4A1490004C21CEE5794C"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Government</header><text>The term <term>Government</term> means the United States, any Federal department or agency, or any Federal agent or official acting within the scope of official duties.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H22913CBD8B254845AFC26E1900997916"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Permanent relief</header><text>The term <term>permanent relief</term> means relief issued in connection with a final decision of a court.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H2D7CA4D6A624464DBEF86CD234FDDE9E"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Private settlement agreement</header><text>The term <term>private settlement agreement</term> means an agreement entered into among the parties that is not subject to judicial enforcement other than the reinstatement of the civil action that the agreement settled.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD2F52A615DBF48B2B2FC602B003764E"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Prospective relief</header><text>The term <term>prospective relief</term> means temporary, preliminary, or permanent relief other than compensatory monetary damages.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD434BB8BAB0849D68140F36D57A6ED1"><enum>102.</enum><header>Effective date</header> <subsection id="H6EEFE67590B741BA0027B9E69C58803B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This title shall apply with respect to all orders granting prospective relief in any civil action pertaining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United States, whether such relief was ordered before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HF7BBD74EE4BB4567006FD752F47AA3D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pending motions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Every motion to vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an order granting prospective relief in any such action, which motion is pending on the date of the enactment of this Act, shall be treated as if it had been filed on such date of enactment.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HB3F6849C97684054BC844D42D0FDAEAB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Automatic stay for pending motions</header> <paragraph id="H9DE2E444208B401192059567CE366982"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>An automatic stay with respect to the prospective relief that is the subject of a motion described in subsection (b) shall take effect without further order of the court on the date which is 10 days after the date of the enactment of this Act if the motion—</text> <subparagraph id="H8D0AA587841A4626B8B2F075D8E0185"><enum>(A)</enum><text>was pending for 45 days as of the date of the enactment of this Act; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AD56348B2FA409E95C8C2148B76E37F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is still pending on the date which is 10 days after such date of enactment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5498F45525CB43FCAE34B91DCBCCD25C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duration of automatic stay</header><text>An automatic stay that takes effect under paragraph (1) shall continue until the court enters an order granting or denying the Government’s motion under section 101(b). There shall be no further postponement of the automatic stay with respect to any such pending motion under section 101(b)(2). Any order, staying, suspending, delaying or otherwise barring the effective date of this automatic stay with respect to pending motions described in subsection (b) shall be an order blocking an automatic stay subject to immediate appeal under section 101(b)(2)(D).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Alien Gang Removal Act of 2006</header> <section id="H81DB357809274F67BE3B570000A3877F"><enum>201.</enum><header> Rendering inadmissible and deportable aliens participating in criminal street gangs</header> <subsection id="H900F7171A83646C489462100A63DD0EF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inadmissible</header><text>Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1182">8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0577D5A4B984AA0A05CF5C4A5F8581C" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HB279F982646A4EACB993884E5824B197"><enum>(J)</enum><header>Criminal street gang participation</header> <clause id="H0CC1CF10DB304B5EB767D13E69129408"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any alien is inadmissible if—</text> <subclause id="HD72F1B4F5C5B438B93B85CD13100CB00"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the alien has been removed under section 237(a)(2)(F); or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H12FEAF7C00CC4320A048FBF7E354E606"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the consular officer or the Secretary of Homeland Security knows, or has reasonable ground to believe that the alien—</text> <item id="H93D2AF838451470DB2AEC838320154CB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a member of a criminal street gang and has committed, conspired, or threatened to commit, or seeks to enter the United States to engage solely, principally, or incidentally in, a gang crime or any other unlawful activity; or</text> </item><item id="HC53E6DF4A87C418AB1D137150771FB60"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>is a member of a criminal street gang designated under section 219A.</text> </item></subclause></clause><clause id="H215C0448964C4B1EAFA27FB43861F4E7"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph:</text> <subclause id="HEE70F686D9A0482DB164D0E0558A131"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Criminal street gang</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term ‘criminal street gang’ means a formal or informal group or association of 3 or more individuals, who commit 2 or more gang crimes (one of which is a crime of violence, as defined in <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/16">section 16</external-xref> of title 18, United States Code) in 2 or more separate criminal episodes in relation to the group or association.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA41AB1CF8458425DA2BA1DC9D9495624"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Gang crime</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>gang crime</term> means conduct constituting any Federal or State crime, punishable by imprisonment for one year or more, in any of the following categories:</text> <item id="H19687536AFFE405C84449C6C2F13E1D6"><enum>(aa)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code) .</text> </item><item id="H6CAB0D1CA6BC40FBB300E03324F6FC40"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A crime involving obstruction of justice, tampering with or retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant, or burglary.</text> </item><item id="H468210E18D38443E824556CFAACA4E4"><enum>(cc)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A crime involving the manufacturing, importing, distributing, possessing with intent to distribute, or otherwise dealing in a controlled substance or listed chemical (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)).</text> </item><item id="H14B5E4AAF4C84DFD908F87B92F239187"><enum>(dd)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any conduct punishable under section 844 of title 18, United States Code (relating to explosive materials), subsection (d), (g)(1) (where the underlying conviction is a violent felony (as defined in section 924(e)(2)(B) of such title) or is a serious drug offense (as defined in section 924(e)(2)(A)), (i), (j), (k), (o), (p), (q), (u), or (x) of section 922 of such title (relating to unlawful acts), or subsection (b), (c), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), or (n) of section 924 of such title (relating to penalties), section 930 of such title (relating to possession of firearms and dangerous weapons in Federal facilities), section 931 of such title (relating to purchase, ownership, or possession of body armor by violent felons), sections 1028 and 1029 of such title (relating to fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents or access devices), section 1952 of such title (relating to interstate and foreign travel or transportation in aid of racketeering enterprises), section 1956 of such title (relating to the laundering of monetary instruments), section 1957 of such title (relating to engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specified unlawful activity), or sections 2312 through 2315 of such title (relating to interstate transportation of stolen motor vehicles or stolen property).</text> </item><item id="HDEC2C6AE422C42319EA4123B551CA718"><enum>(ee)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any conduct punishable under section 274 (relating to bringing in and harboring certain aliens), section 277 (relating to aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter the United States), or section 278 (relating to importation of alien for immoral purpose) of this Act.</text> </item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H716099E5277B4C2C8DFD9E044B5F1F62"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deportable</header><text>Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1227">8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8BAD371A7E9487BB50025F907EFE51D" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HA86CF511AFB848FCA606A3001F56BA4E"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Criminal street gang participation</header> <clause id="H3989D53302EA42E08B534203420767A4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Any alien is deportable who—</text> <subclause id="HC93C64F4E8E446E7B6DA34162B65F054"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is a member of a criminal street gang and is convicted of committing, or conspiring, threatening, or attempting to commit, a gang crime; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H02ADF1DA64664726AEA4F850072D92C9"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is determined by the Secretary of Homeland Security to be a member of a criminal street gang designated under section 219A.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H2EE95623693F45B78B755EF42BB35C14"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the terms <term>criminal street gang</term> and <term>gang crime</term> have the meaning given such terms in section 212(a)(2)(J)(ii).</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H09500849C2B14FD3BCC547E8CED71439"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Designation of criminal street gangs</header> <paragraph id="H44E7BFA5AC8F495FAEBD73885986C12"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1181">8 U.S.C. 1181 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB846A9CFC266409DB19EC15154D3D8E0" style="traditional"> <section id="HF419D34AE20B4A0295892B0009C2A9A1"><enum>219A.</enum><header>Designation of criminal street gangs</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HEE7C618D053D4B1F9C7B5C53AD393C77"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header> <paragraph id="H880D08671DB3490097BE5F33FB337B8B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General is authorized to designate a group or association as a criminal street gang in accordance with this subsection if the Attorney General finds that the group or association meets the criteria described in section 212(a)(2)(J)(ii)(I).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA390DBC996DD4BCFAAE61049A90045ED"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header> <subparagraph id="HC23BDA0BE2CB40E5AD490088EAD29CB6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Notice</header> <clause id="H9A27756DB4B545818EAE1945F540DAAE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>To congressional leaders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Seven days before making a designation under this subsection, the Attorney General shall, by classified communication, notify the Speaker and Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore, Majority Leader, and Minority Leader of the Senate, and the members of the relevant committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate, in writing, of the intent to designate a group or association under this subsection, together with the findings made under paragraph (1) with respect to that group or association, and the factual basis therefor.</text> </clause><clause id="H2BAF4A68493249C0959BC698A98DC0AF"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Publication in Federal Register</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney shall publish the designation in the Federal Register seven days after providing the notification under clause (i).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE24D1BEB2354402B0E650DDB275077C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Effect of designation</header> <clause id="HFD07B478F0BF47128FEDA8C912BEA6E1"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A designation under this subsection shall take effect upon publication under subparagraph (A)(ii).</text> </clause><clause id="H50C0B2D2BBE44B9792B37ED16967C55D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any designation under this subsection shall cease to have effect upon an Act of Congress disapproving such designation.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BC6FCEF8956408EAD27B1287611693D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Record</header><text>In making a designation under this subsection, the Attorney General shall create an administrative record.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF310F726936F48B69C5053B25C940026"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Period of designation</header> <subparagraph id="H90557E6AEB83464BB1B62F8092FE9212"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A designation under this subsection shall be effective for all purposes until revoked under paragraph (5) or (6) or set aside pursuant to subsection (b).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H70DB36E6A78F4EE3A0B976B6E7F473BA"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review of designation upon petition</header> <clause id="H3F6975059D5B4048845DFBE14F4EA600"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Attorney General shall review the designation of a criminal street gang under the procedures set forth in clauses (iii) and (iv) if the designated gang or association files a petition for revocation within the petition period described in clause (ii).</text> </clause><clause id="H37F196A885D34B8FA39EDA9DF300B5D4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Petition period</header><text>For purposes of clause (i)—</text> <subclause id="H964842318CDF472EB223AD00E21BC023"><enum>(I)</enum><text>if the designated gang or association has not previously filed a petition for revocation under this subparagraph, the petition period begins 2 years after the date on which the designation was made; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H1D7125AC32EF4FF3BBAF08D7F8958C9B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>if the designated gang or association has previously filed a petition for revocation under this subparagraph, the petition period begins 2 years after the date of the determination made under clause (iv) on that petition.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HF1484AA76F50452ABB80F7D4745D7989"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Any criminal street gang that submits a petition for revocation under this subparagraph must provide evidence in that petition that the relevant circumstances described in paragraph (1) are sufficiently different from the circumstances that were the basis for the designation such that a revocation with respect to the gang is warranted.</text> </clause><clause id="H2E0B753B18D44F4DB743600438500639"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Determination</header> <subclause id="H08667BE9DC304D2F8247F1D5E3C3D58C"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after receiving a petition for revocation submitted under this subparagraph, the Attorney General shall make a determination as to such revocation.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0235913E678147528919B22B4CF0A75C"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Publication of determination</header><text>A determination made by the Attorney General under this clause shall be published in the Federal Register.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H53749425DD9841CEB0967CF15699ABA4"><enum>(III)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>Any revocation by the Attorney General shall be made in accordance with paragraph (6).</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE60B3565B8FB46058071159484FDED91"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other review of designation</header> <clause id="H530E139E24914416A0C3BA2D4F007239"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If in a 5-year period no review has taken place under subparagraph (B), the Attorney General shall review the designation of the criminal street gang in order to determine whether such designation should be revoked pursuant to paragraph (6).</text> </clause><clause id="HAAFBE50DA1EB4C5FA59B1D45237E005C"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If a review does not take place pursuant to subparagraph (B) in response to a petition for revocation that is filed in accordance with that subparagraph, then the review shall be conducted pursuant to procedures established by the Attorney General. The results of such review and the applicable procedures shall not be reviewable in any court.</text> </clause><clause id="H8100A4D1C5EE4050B106A70000403419"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Publication of results of review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall publish any determination made pursuant to this subparagraph in the Federal Register.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDF1D201DA42643A8926113E46BB7DEC0"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Revocation by act of Congress</header><text>The Congress, by an Act of Congress, may block or revoke a designation made under paragraph (1).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA82B9CA3AD2743D0B03E564830D4EDED"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Revocation based on change in circumstances</header> <subparagraph id="HA2FCB929BB104798846CF8B00CE202F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General may revoke a designation made under paragraph (1) at any time, and shall revoke a designation upon completion of a review conducted pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (4) if the Attorney General finds that—</text> <clause id="H001ED6B56C37476E9D08C65CFA00212C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the circumstances that were the basis for the designation have changed in such a manner as to warrant revocation; or</text> </clause><clause id="H7B778FEA06DF4921B258F92E5D004B15"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the national security of the United States warrants a revocation.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2824101B93847F48BC5E02584B38500"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>The procedural requirements of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to a revocation under this paragraph. Any revocation shall take effect on the date specified in the revocation or upon publication in the Federal Register if no effective date is specified.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H300B5AD321F64097B17F63FAEFDBFC28"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Effect of revocation</header><text>The revocation of a designation under paragraph (5) or (6) shall not affect any action or proceeding based on conduct committed prior to the effective date of such revocation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H309780E0D93543C59518A318747C8C3E"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Use of designation in hearing</header><text>If a designation under this subsection has become effective under paragraph (2)(B) an alien in a removal proceeding shall not be permitted to raise any question concerning the validity of the issuance of such designation as a defense or an objection at any hearing.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE41D8EC49D014A1CA5C55C5596F6161E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Judicial review of designation</header> <paragraph id="H5CB135CF0E354B26A9A9C01C3C1F4352"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 30 days after publication of the designation in the Federal Register, an group or association designated as a criminal street gang may seek judicial review of the designation in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF34EB2808D5A4CB98F7732A5489372BB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Basis of review</header><text>Review under this subsection shall be based solely upon the administrative record.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE025FE1E37AE421E9D90A49C92D1452"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Scope of review</header><text>The Court shall hold unlawful and set aside a designation the court finds to be—</text> <subparagraph id="H279B2967245B403C91C8BE8FE1DB4DC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, or otherwise not in accordance with law;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA934522D43E4A78B298EC5E30851767"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contrary to constitutional right, power, privilege, or immunity;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86946A190CA34F38BDEAB9608800D33"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in excess of statutory jurisdiction, authority, or limitation, or short of statutory right;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF655537A3BA6444180E4128B86365408"><enum>(D)</enum><text>lacking substantial support in the administrative record taken as a whole; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3F744CE28ED44029B8BFE7D6A611719C"><enum>(E)</enum><text>not in accord with the procedures required by law.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5BE4496974974317A9A2997DB9B9CE3"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Judicial review invoked</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The pendency of an action for judicial review of a designation shall not affect the application of this section, unless the court issues a final order setting aside the designation.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2695B60B87A148FE8D0019F6DE2FA65D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Relevant committee defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As used in this section, the term <term>relevant committees</term> means the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate.</text> </subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC3585F7F88D44BB18648BEC4EB38C349"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1101">8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 219 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H514138D26F36449594BE9DA0D35D8359" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 219A. Designation of criminal street gangs.</toc-entry> </toc> <after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H487E149F60D4411AA300CC41FC3942F1"><enum>202.</enum><header>Mandatory detention of suspected criminal street gang members</header> <subsection id="HCE9344AAF01D4D20B4FC3E399F0454C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 236(c)(1)(D) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1226">8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)(D)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H897AFFB0DDC1419698B08C728BD0DEA6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or 212(a)(2)(J)</quote> after <quote>212(a)(3)(B)</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H10876436123B4D2FBECB07A51F99489E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>or 237(a)(2)(F)</quote> before <quote>237(a)(4)(B)</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H20DBB81BDBEC4F5E8E70AB97066818D8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than March 1 of each year (beginning 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act), the Secretary of Homeland Security, after consultation with the appropriate Federal agencies, shall submit a report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate on the number of aliens detained under the amendments made by subsection (a).</text> </subsection></section><section id="H7BCED29BC22E480382F072597DCBB7DD"><enum>203.</enum><header>Ineligibility from protection from removal and asylum</header> <subsection id="H1BD232F415AD4D629D744B0031834239"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inapplicability of restriction on removal to certain countries</header><text>Section 241(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1251">8 U.S.C. 1251(b)(3)(B)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>who is described in section 212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) or who is</quote> after <quote>to an alien</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H250EEEA34CA7474B8EF3A7A77EBE7F38"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Ineligibility for asylum</header><text>Section 208(b)(2)(A) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(2)(A)) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3F1499BC923743AA00DB084593314DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause (v), by striking <quote>or</quote> at the end;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3E986F02C2B94A3288BDDFB21E6CD5BE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9AEBB7A99EC44DC89008427594058019"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after clause (v) the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC5E0915D3234A8198050032765D5615" style="OLC"> <clause id="H82B70C1D9EEC476FA3EE91F6F7E721E7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the alien is described in section 212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) (relating to participation in criminal street gangs); or</text> </clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8203C82009F444FCBC2F6249021775CF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Denial of review of determination of ineligibility for temporary protected status</header><text>Section 244(c)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/8/1254">8 U.S.C. 1254(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H537C85424CC44B2592F9926EC6A54626" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HD6D8ABD146B44853A6C5349EABB33EA5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Limitation on judicial review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There shall be no judicial review of any finding under subparagraph (B) that an alien is in described in section 208(b)(2)(A)(vi).</text> </subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection></section>