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Criminal Aliens: Expanded Detention, Restricted Relief from Removal (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date March 9, 1999
Report Number 97-415
Authors Larry M. Eig, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

Congress began targeting criminal aliens as a deportation priority in the 1980s, and the 104th Congress furthered this effort in two major laws: the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) ( P.L. 104-132 ) and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) (Division C of P.L. 104-208 ). Together, these laws require the continued detention of most criminal aliens until their removal from the U.S. These laws also tightly restrict the opportunity for aliens who commit crimes to obtain relief from being sent abroad. Even resident aliens with longstanding community and family ties may face mandatory detention and removal (with little prospect of early reentry) as a consequence of past criminal activity.