This is a very serious problem that needs to be addressed. but H.R. 6094 does not take the right approach. It would cast a broad net that would ensnare innocent children along with the dangerous criminals. H.R. 6094 would establish new grounds of inadmissibility. which would include the belief of an immigration inspector that the alien is a gang member entering to engage in unlawful activity. It also would make someone removable solely on the basis of membership in a group that has been designated by the Attorney General as "a criminal street gang." In addition. members of designated criminal street gangs would be ineligible for asylum. withholding of removal. and Temporary Protected Status. and they would be subject to the criminal alien detention provisions. This approach might be less objectionable if every youth in a gang was a violent criminal. but that is not the case. I urge you to vote against the Effective Immigration Enforcement and Community Protection Act.
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Generalization that every youth in a gang is a violent criminal.