I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2933 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render inadmissible and 
deportable aliens who have participated in criminal street gangs, and 
for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2005 
Mr. FORBES (for himself, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, 
Mr. GOODLATTE, Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. NOR-
WOOD, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of 
Florida, Mr. ISSA, Mr. FEENEY, and Mr. KING of Iowa) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render 
inadmissible and deportable aliens who have participated 
in criminal street gangs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Alien Gang Removal 
Act of 2005’’.
SEC. 2. RENDERING INADMISSIBLE AND DEPORTABLE 
ALIENS 
PARTICIPATING 
IN 
CRIMINAL 
STREET GANGS. 
(a) INADMISSIBLE.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(J) CRIMINAL STREET GANG PARTICIPA-
TION.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien is inad-
missible if— 
‘‘(I) the alien has been removed 
under section 237(a)(2)(F); or 
‘‘(II) the consular officer or the 
Secretary 
of 
Homeland 
Security 
knows, or has reasonable ground to 
believe that the alien— 
‘‘(aa) is a member of a 
criminal street gang and has 
committed, conspired, or threat-
ened to commit, or seeks to enter 
the United States to engage sole-
ly, principally, or incidentally in, 
a gang crime or any other unlaw-
ful activity; or
‘‘(bb) is a member of a 
criminal street gang designated 
under section 219A. 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of 
this subparagraph: 
‘‘(I) CRIMINAL STREET GANG.— 
The term ‘criminal street gang’ means 
a formal or informal group or associa-
tion of 3 or more individuals, who 
commit 2 or more gang crimes (one of 
which is a crime of violence, as de-
fined in section 16 of title 18, United 
States Code) in 2 or more separate 
criminal episodes in relation to the 
group or association. 
‘‘(II) GANG
CRIME.—The term 
‘gang crime’ means conduct consti-
tuting any Federal or State crime, 
punishable by imprisonment for one 
year or more, in any of the following 
categories: 
‘‘(aa) A crime of violence (as 
defined in section 16 of title 18, 
United States Code) .
‘‘(bb) A crime involving ob-
struction of justice, tampering 
with or retaliating against a wit-
ness, victim, or informant, or 
burglary. 
‘‘(cc) A crime involving the 
manufacturing, importing, dis-
tributing, possessing with intent 
to distribute, or otherwise dealing 
in a controlled substance or listed 
chemical (as those terms are de-
fined in section 102 of the Con-
trolled 
Substances 
Act 
(21 
U.S.C. 802)). 
‘‘(dd) Any conduct punish-
able under section 844 of title 
18, United States Code (relating 
to 
explosive 
materials), 
sub-
section (d), (g)(1) (where the un-
derlying 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