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HR 30 · 119th Congress · HouseIn committee

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

In plain language: This bill bars foreign nationals from entering the United States or obtaining legal residency if they have been convicted of, or admit to, sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violating a protective order. It also expands grounds for deportation, allowing immigration authorities to remove noncitizens currently in the country who are convicted of sex crimes or domestic violence.

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Issues

What this bill touches.

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Who it affects

Who it helps · who it burdens.

Who it burdens

  • Noncitizens with convictions or admissions of sex offenses, domestic violence, or child abuseRenders noncitizens inadmissible to the United States if they have been convicted of, or admit to committing, sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, or violating qualifying protection orders (Sec. 2(a)).provisional
  • Noncitizens convicted of sex offenses or domestic violenceMakes noncitizens deportable from the United States if they are convicted of a sex offense or conspiracy to commit a sex offense, and broadens deportability for domestic violence to encompass offenses defined under the Violence Against Women Act regardless of local federal grant status (Sec. 2(b)).provisional

Dollar-level funding (FEC sector totals) is coming in a later phase.

What it does

The provisions, in plain language.

  1. Bar noncitizens from entering the United States or obtaining legal status if they have been convicted of, or admit to committing, a sex offense or conspiracy to commit a sex offense.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional
  2. Bar noncitizens from entering the United States or obtaining legal status if they have been convicted of, or admit to committing, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, or violating a protection order.

    Sec. 2(a)provisional
  3. Expand the definition of domestic violence under deportation rules to include any offense defined under the Violence Against Women Act, regardless of whether the local jurisdiction receives federal grant funding.

    Sec. 2(b)(1)provisional
  4. Make noncitizens deportable if they are convicted of a sex offense or conspiracy to commit a sex offense.

    Sec. 2(b)(2)provisional

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Timeline

How it moved.

  1. Jan 17, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  2. Jan 16, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  3. Jan 16, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 145 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H191)
  4. Jan 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 145 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H191)
  5. Jan 16, 2025On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 213 (Roll no. 16).
  6. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House
  7. Jan 3, 2025Introduced in House

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Sources & provenance

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