I will support efforts to prioritize deporting gang members and career criminals who are in the country illegally.

I support efforts to prioritize deporting gangsters, not grandmas.

Evans stated support for prioritizing deportation of gang members and career criminals as part of immigration enforcement.

Rep. Evans Votes to Crack Down on Illegal Immigration | Representative Gabe Evans
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Roll Call 6 listed H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, as passed on January 7, 2025, 264-159. The vote table records Evans (CO), Republican, Colorado, as Yea.

Evans voted yes on initial House passage of the Laken Riley Act, a bill requiring DHS custody of certain noncitizens charged with specified crimes.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 6, H.R. 29 Laken Riley Act
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Roll Call 23 listed S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, as passed on January 22, 2025, 263-156. The vote table records Evans (CO), Republican, Colorado, as Yea.

Evans voted yes on final House passage of the Senate version of the Laken Riley Act, sending it to the president.

delivered same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 23, S. 5 Laken Riley Act
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GovInfo identifies Public Law 119-1 as the Laken Riley Act, approved January 29, 2025, with the full title: An act to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with theft, and for other purposes.

The bill Evans supported was enacted during his same House term, creating a federal custody requirement for certain criminally charged noncitizens.

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GovInfo, Public Law 119-1, Laken Riley Act
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The enrolled text applies to aliens inadmissible under specified provisions who are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer, or a crime resulting in death or serious bodily injury. It directs DHS to issue a detainer and expeditiously take custody.

The enacted bill prioritizes detention and custody for noncitizens tied to listed crimes; it is relevant to criminal-alien deportation priorities, though it does not specifically name gangs or career criminals.

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GovInfo, S. 5 Enrolled Bill Text, Laken Riley Act
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Roll Call 17 listed H.R. 30, the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, as passed on January 16, 2025, 274-145. The vote table records Evans (CO), Republican, Colorado, as Yea.

Evans also voted for House-passed legislation to make certain sex-offense and domestic-violence offenders inadmissible or deportable. It had not been enacted based on the evidence reviewed, so this is concrete effort rather than full delivery.

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Office of the Clerk, U.S. House Roll Call 17, H.R. 30 Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
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H.R. 30 states it would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable. The text notes it passed the House on January 16, 2025.

The bill Evans supported was directly about deportability of noncitizens who committed specified serious crimes, but the record here shows House passage, not enactment.

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GovInfo, H.R. 30 Engrossed in House Text
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Axios reported that Evans was urging ICE to deprioritize arrests of immigrants not suspected or convicted of crimes. Evans said, "If criminals are not the priority... this is just not good decision making." Axios also reported he joined five House Republicans in questioning ICE about targeting immigrants who were not a public-safety threat.

This reporting directly supports the prioritization part of the promise: Evans pressed ICE to focus limited resources on people with criminal backgrounds rather than non-criminal immigrants.

delivered same_term A for effort

U.S. Rep. Gabe Evans challenges ICE on arrest focus
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