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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for transnational gangs
2 results foundAuthor: Larence, Eileen R. Title: Combating Gangs: Federal Agencies Have Implemented a Central American Gang Strategy, but Could Strengthen Oversight and Measurement of Efforts Summary: This report reviews federal efforts to combat transnational gangs in the United States. The report addresses (1) the extent to which the federal government has developed a strategy to combat these gangs, and (2) how federal agencies have implemented the strategy and other programs to combat these gangs, coordinated their actions, and assessed their results. Details: Washington, DC: Government Accountability Office, 2010. 68p. Source: GAO-10-395 Year: 2010 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118326 Keywords: GangsTransnational Gangs |
Author: Cadman, Dan Title: Denaturalization and Gang Membership: A Brief Examination of Relevant Statutes and Due Process Protections both Pre- and Post-H.R. 4996 Summary: Rep. Lee Zeldin of New York's First Congressional District, which encompasses the eastern portion of Long Island, has introduced a bill into the House of Representatives, H.R. 4996, that is designed to counter the scourge of membership in criminal organizations. This is particularly important to his congressional district, which in recent years has experienced explosive growth of transnational gangs - as have many other communities - particularly the notoriously violent Mara Salvatrucha, also known as MS-13, whose membership consists in significant measure of nationals of El Salvador, Honduras, and, to a lesser extent, Guatemala. MS-13 has been so successful in embedding itself in the fabric of American communities that some of its members are now resident aliens and naturalized citizens. They have managed to do so by obscuring their gang affiliations and by having the great good fortune never to have been convicted of a crime. The importance of acquiring legal immigration status, and ultimately citizenship, to foreign gang members cannot be overstated - it is a prime goal for all of them. The further they superficially "assimilate" into society, the more difficult it is to apprehend and ultimately deport them back to countries where they are considerably less likely to achieve the power, status, and wealth that attends to being physically present in the United States, even though the means to this power and wealth is through crime, corruption, extortion, fear, and violence, within and beyond the immigrant communities where they hide. Thus, while anti-gang enforcement is imperative, so are efforts to preclude gang members from accruing or bestowing immigration benefits or citizenship. Details: Washington, DC: Center for Immigration Studies, 2018. 3p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 17, 2019 at: https://cis.org/Report/Denaturalization-and-Gang-Membership Year: 2018 Country: United States URL: https://cis.org/sites/default/files/2018-03/cadman-denatz-gangs.pdf Shelf Number: 156379 Keywords: Criminal Organizations Deportation Immigration Transnational Gangs |