,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gedd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ab1       
#bjbf,ms4 ,mace introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to amend the ,immigration and          
,nationality ,act to provide that an    
alien convicted of an offense involving 
animal cruelty is inadmissible and      
deportable1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,illegal ,alien ,animal ,abuser    
,removal ,act of #bjbf4  #b4            
,inadmissibility and deportability      
related to animal cruelty  7a7          
,inadmissibility ,section #bab7;a77#b7  
of the ,immigration and ,nationality    
,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #aahb7;a77#b77 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7,j7 ,animal cruelty and    
animal fighting ,any alien who has been 
convicted of1 who admits having         
committed1 or who admits committing acts
 constituting the essential elements    

of-- 7i7 an offense under sections #dh  
or #di of title #ah1 ,united ,states    
,code2 or  7ii7 an offense under ,state1
 ,tribal1 or local law1 an essential    
element of which is animal cruelty1     
animal abuse1 or animal fighting1       
regardless of whether such offense is   
classified as a misdemeanor or felony   
under ,state1 ,tribal1 or local law1  is
 inadmissible4  4  7b7 ,deportability   
,section #bcg7;a77#b7 of the            
,immigration and ,nationality ,act 7#h  
,u4,s4,c4 #abbg7;a77#b77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7,g7  
,animal cruelty and animal fighting ,any
 alien who has been convicted of--  7i7 
an offense under sections #dh or #di of 
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code2 or    
7ii7 an offense under ,state1 ,tribal1  
or local law1 an essential element of   
which is animal cruelty1 animal abuse1  
or animal fighting1 regardless of       
whether such offense is classified as a 
misdemeanor or felony under ,state1     
,tribal1 or local law1  is deportable4  

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