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H.R. 4996: Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018

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H.R. 4996: Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018

115th Congress · introduced 2018-02-08 · Immigration · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-02-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018

Plain summary

Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018 This bill denies immigration benefits to aliens determined to be criminal gang members, criminal street gang members, or gang supporters. No such alien may file an immigration petition, affidavit of support, or be permitted to assume custodial care of an unaccompanied alien minor. The bill, absent countervailing evidence, revokes the citizenship of an individual who: was naturalized after December 24, 1952, and within 10 years after naturalization becomes a member of a criminal gang or other organization in which membership at the time of naturalization would have prohibited such individual's naturalization.

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Official text

Protecting Our Communities from Gang Violence Act of 2018

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Zeldin, Lee M. [R-NY-1] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr4996 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115