HR 7909 · 118th Congress · Immigration
Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.(2024-09-19)
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Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act This bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable. First, the bill establishes that a non-U.S. national is inadmissible if the individual has admitted to or is convicted of acts constituting the essential elements of domestic violence (i.e., a crime of violence within certain close relationships), a sex offense, or conspiracy to commit a sex offense. Next, the bill establishes additional grounds for deportation. Under current law, a non-U.S. national is deportable for certain criminal convictions, including domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse. The bill makes any sex offense (including crimes against minors) or conspiracy to commit a sex offense a basis for deportation. The bill also expands the domestic violence crimes that make a non-U.S. national deportable to include physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships.…
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Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 7909, Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Jun 20, 2024As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2024
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