WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Ashley Moody today introduced the Expedited Removal of Criminal Aliens Act, vital legislation that amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize expedited removal of certain criminal aliens. This legislation is critical to supporting President Trump’s immigration priorities and allows for the prompt correction to the disastrous border policies implemented by the Biden administration. Senator Moody was joined on the bill by Senator Eric Schmitt as the lead cosponsor.
Senator Ashley Moody said, “Following four years of systematic dismantlement of our country’s immigration and national security structure under Joe Biden, the American people gave President Trump a mandate to clean up Biden’s mess. Democrats and lower-level, partisan judges, however, have sought to block his efforts at every turn. They have claimed that dangerous criminal illegal aliens and MS-13 gang members like Kilmar Abrego Garcia are just family men living quiet lives in America and they couldn’t be more wrong. Democrats have fought against the quick removal of illegal aliens who have committed atrocious crimes against children or even those that have been convicted of murder. It makes no sense. Today we are finally putting common sense immigration policies first by introducing legislation to authorize the expedited removal of dangerous criminals and prevent activist-judges from keeping known terrorists, criminals and gang members on American soil and endangering our communities.”
Senator Eric Schmitt said, “Four years ago, Joe Biden opened our southern border and the illegal immigrants who broke the law to come into our country are not due the same process as American citizens. The Supreme Court and the Constitution agree, and it’s time we expand the expedited removal process to allow the President to secure our great nation.”
Stephen Miller, Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor said, “The Biden Administration and Democrat party created the mass criminal invasion of the United States and imported violent child predators, sex traffickers, rapists, murderers, gang members, and foreign terrorists. Senator Moody’s legislation is critical and will ensure that the U.S. can safely and quickly remove the most heinous and violent criminal illegal alien offenders and terrorists from the country, especially those who prey on innocent women and children.”
The bill authorizes the expedited removal for an alien who:
- Is a member of a criminal gang or organization;
- Is a member of a foreign terrorist organization or has provided material support to such an organization;
- has been convicted of any felony, any misdemeanor against a member of a vulnerable group, any assault of a law enforcement officer, any sexual offense, any crime of domestic violence, any stalking offense, any crime against children, including sex trafficking of a minor or sexual abuse of a minor, any activity relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors, or any violation of a protection order.
Senator Moody has been a leader in trying to correct the Biden administration’s dangerous and irresponsible border policies, as Florida’s Attorney General, Senator Moody:
Visited the U.S. Southwest Border on multiple occasions and filed legal action after legal action to fight back against the Biden administration’s unlawful and destructive immigration policies. Attorney General Moody won many of the federal legal challenges.
In 2023, a federal judge sided with Attorney General Moody, ruling that Biden is responsible for the border crisis and claiming Biden effectively turned the U.S. Southwest Border into “little more than a speedbump.”
As part of that litigation, then Attorney General Moody’s office deposed the sitting Border Patrol Chief and uncovered mountains of damning evidence against the Biden administration. That judge ordered Biden’s catch-and-release policy unlawful. However, the Biden administration repeatedly attempted to evade this ruling, changing processes and program names, and Attorney General Moody kept pushing back in court.
Examples of some legal battles include:
- AG Moody Wins Major Immigration Case;
- Attorney General Moody Uncovered Damning Evidence to Hold President Biden Accountable for the Crisis at the Border;
- Attorney General Moody Sues Biden Administration for Documents Proving the Federal Government is Pushing Criminal Illegal Aliens Out of Prison and into our Communities;
- Attorney General Moody Demands Information from Biden-Harris Administration After Reports Indicate Feds Released Nearly 100 People on the Terrorist Watchlist into the U.S.;
- Attorney General Moody Leads Multistate Coalition Against Biden-Harris Border Gamesmanship;
- Attorney General Moody Leads Fight Against Biden’s Tactics to Avoid Accountability for the Border Crisis;
- Attorney General Moody Leads Multistate Amicus Brief Against the Biden Administration Using Shadowy Gamesmanship to Cover Up Border Crisis;
- Attorney General Moody Demands Biden Reveal Underhanded Scheme to Release Illegal Aliens in U.S. Federal Prisons Directly into the Interior, Rather Than Deport After Release;
- Attorney General Moody in Court Battling Federal Government as Biden Fights to Keep Catch and Release Going;
- 21st Statewide Grand Jury’s Third Presentment Outlined Horrible Atrocities Inflicted on Immigrant Children in Florida and Elsewhere Due to the Biden Administration’s Policies;
- Attorney General Moody Calls for Congress to Impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas;
- Attorney General Moody Demands President Biden Declare Mexican Drug Cartels Terrorist Organizations;
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