HR 7909 · 118th Congress · Immigration

Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

Introduced 2024-04-09· Sponsored by Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.(2024-09-19)

Recorded Votes

PassedHouse · 2024-09-18
Roll #429
Yea 266Nay 158
Democrats
51 Yea·158 Nay
Republicans
215 Yea·0 Nay
PassedHouse · 2024-09-18
Roll #429
Yea 266Nay 158
Democrats
51 Yea·158 Nay
Republicans
215 Yea·0 Nay

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Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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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H.R. 7909, Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

Jun 20, 2024

As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on May 22, 2024

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Cosponsors (6)

6 Republicans