Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
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.
What this bill touches.
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)).
- 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)).
The provisions, in plain language.
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.
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.
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.
Make noncitizens deportable if they are convicted of a sex offense or conspiracy to commit a sex offense.
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How members voted on Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.
Recorded roll calls on this bill, most recent first. Open one to see each member's position.
How it moved.
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- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 145 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H191)
- Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 145 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H191)
- On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 213 (Roll no. 16).
- The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
- Ms. Moore (WI) moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H200)
- The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 30.
- Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: CR H191-201)
- Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in House
- Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 145 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H191)
- Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 145 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H191)
- On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 213 (Roll no. 16).
- Introduced in House
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Civic Herald. “Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (H.R. 30, 119th Congress).” https://civicherald.app/bills/119-hr-30. Congress.gov record as of Aug 10, 2026.