Number: 97-415 Title: CRIMINAL ALIENS: EXPANDED DETENTION, RESTRICTED RELIEF FROM REMOVAL Authors: Larry M. Eig, American Law Division Abstract: In the 1980s, Congress began to target criminal aliens as an immigration enforcement priority. The 104th Congress expanded this effort in terrorism legislation, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) (P.L. 104-132), and in immigration legislation, the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) (Division C of P.L. 104-208). Pages: 2 Date: Updated March 9, 1999