H.R. 7909 — Introduced in House

I 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7909 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2024Ms. Mace (for herself, Mr. Biggs, and Ms. Boebert) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses and domestic violence (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible. (K) Domestic violence Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)), is inadmissible. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (E)(i), by inserting before the period at the end the following , and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (G) Sex offenses Any alien who has been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))) or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable. .