1. Alien gang members (a) Definition Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (53) (A) The term criminal gang means an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of five or more persons— (i) (I) that has as one of its primary purposes the commission of one or more of the criminal offenses described in subparagraph (B); and (II) the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past five years, in a continuing series of offenses described in subparagraph (B)