Legislative Oversight

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Canonical URL: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/30

Official text excerpt

119 HR 30 IH: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act 
 U.S. House of Representatives 
 2025-01-03 
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. 
 
 
 
 I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 30 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Ms. Mace (for herself, Ms. Malliotakis , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Mr. Nehls , Mr. Perry , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mrs. Houchin , Mr. Ogles , Mr. Fitzgerald , Mr. Stauber , Mr. Owens , Ms. Boebert , Mr. Tony Gonzales of Texas , Mr. Nunn of Iowa , and Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act . 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 ( 34 U.S.C. 20911(5) )), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible. (K) Domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of— (i) a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)); (ii) a crime of stalking;…

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