Nor does this bill relate to nonU.S. citizens who are legally in the United States but commit a crime. We can already deport gang members and any foreign national who is convicted of a crime ranging from murder to shoplifting. This bill gives the Executive Branch unprecedented powers to deport legal immigrants who have not committed any crime. It gives the Attorney General of the United States the unprecedented power to declare any group a gang. And it gives the Department of Homeland Security the power to deport any noncitizen who is legally residing in the United States if they declare. without any due process. that such an individual is a member of those groups. This means the Department of Homeland Security can deport a legal immigrant who has obeyed all of our laws. This violates our First Amendment right of association and our Fifth Amendment right to be treated as individuals and not as guilty by association. This bill also has an expedited removal process that severely curtails due process and could lead to erroneous removal of people who should not have been deported. This includes U.S. citizens who cannot provide proof of citizenship in the sevenday window. or someone abused or eligible for asylum who cannot build their case in time. We all want to stop gang violence.
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