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The bill speeds detention and removal and strengthens enforcement authority to reduce risks from convicted noncitizens, but does so by curtailing protections and due process for immigrants—including asylum seekers and vulnerable individuals—and may increase detention costs.
Local communities and the public: immigrants convicted of listed violent or sexual crimes will be detained and removed more quickly, reducing short-term public-safety risks.
Immigration adjudicators and DHS: the bill bars withholding of removal for covered aliens, closing a legal pathway that might otherwise allow certain convicted foreign nationals to remain in the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security and adjudicators: the bill provides clearer statutory authority and definitions (including a 'vulnerable group' definition), which may streamline enforcement decisions and case processing.
Asylum-seekers and immigrants fearing persecution: people with asylum claims will be barred from withholding of removal for covered convictions, reducing access to protection even when their persecution claims are contested.
Immigrants generally: expedited removal, broad labels (e.g., 'gang member', 'material supporter'), and limited judicial review increase the risk of wrongful determinations and reduce due-process protections.
Children, pregnant people, the elderly, and people with disabilities: mandatory detention of members of 'vulnerable groups' can harm health, separate families, and exacerbate medical or caregiving needs.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires mandatory detention and expedited removal for certain gang members, terrorism supporters, and people convicted of specified violent or sexual crimes and bars withholding of removal.
Official title: Authorize the expedited removal of aliens who are criminal gang members, members of foreign terrorist organizations, or have been convicted of certain specified crimes.
Introduced May 21, 2025 by Ashley Brooke Moody · Last progress May 21, 2025
Makes certain noncitizens who are gang members, supporters of designated foreign terrorist organizations, or convicted of specified violent or sexual crimes subject to mandatory detention and fast-track removal procedures, and bars them from eligibility for withholding of removal. Defines “vulnerable group” (children under 16, pregnant people, those with severe disabilities, and seniors over 65) for purposes of enumerated offenses. The change inserts a new mandatory removal authority into the Immigration and Nationality Act that accelerates detention and deportation for covered criminal aliens, limits certain forms of protection from removal, and directs the Department of Homeland Security to implement these requirements.