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HR 30 · 119th Congress · House

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

In committee
IntroducedJan 3, 2025
Policy areaImmigration
Cosponsors60
What this bill is intended to do

Preventing 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 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). 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.

Latest action

Jan 17, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

How Congress voted · House roll call 17 · Jan 16, 2025
274 Yea145 Nay15 Not voting

Passed

How each party voted
Republicans212–0
Democrats61–145
Independents1–0

Revealed positions from the official roll call.

D56

The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make aliens convicted of or admitting to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection orders inadmissible and deportable. It aims to prevent violence against women by illegal aliens by expanding the grounds for inadmissibility and deportability.

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