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Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

HR 30 · In committee · last action January 17, 2025

<p><strong>Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act</strong></p><p>This bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens </em>under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable.</p><p>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 stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, a sex offense, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, a violation of certain protection orders, or domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships).&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>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.</p>

Sponsor

Nancy Mace (R-SC)

Associated votes

On Passage (house, January 16, 2025)Passed
On Motion to Recommit (house, January 16, 2025)Failed

Official summary

<p><strong>Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act</strong></p><p>This bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens </em>under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable.</p><p>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 stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, a sex offense, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, a violation of certain protection orders, or domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships).&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>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.</p>