Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act

Summary

Creates a new expedited removal process and mandatory detention for certain noncitizens who are gang members, affiliated with designated foreign terrorist organizations (or provided them material support), or convicted of specified serious crimes (including many felonies, sexual offenses, domestic violence, stalking, crimes against children, and violations of protection orders). It also makes those noncitizens ineligible for withholding of removal under the immigration laws and adds a clerical table-of-contents entry to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

• Establishes expedited removal and mandatory detention for specific categories of noncitizens.
• Covers gang members, members/supporters of designated foreign terrorist organizations, and people convicted of a broad range of serious crimes.
• Lists protected "vulnerable groups" (children under 16, pregnant people, persons with severe disabilities, and those over 65) as part of covered offenses against those groups.
• Bars covered noncitizens from eligibility for withholding of removal under the immigration laws.
• Adds a clerical table-of-contents entry to the Immigration and Nationality Act.
• Does not provide funding or an effective date in the text provided.
• Creates likely operational demands on detention capacity and immigration enforcement resources.
• May reduce available protections for certain asylum-seekers and trigger legal or international law challenges.