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119th Congress

H.R. 30

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor
Nancy Mace(R-SC)
Introduced
Jan 3, 2025
Policy area
Immigration
Committees
House Committee on the Judiciary; Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Official text
Referred in Senate · Congress.gov page

Cosponsors (60)

Original cosponsors (15)

Added later (45)

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Introduced in House” version

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.

Roll-call votes

DateVoteResultYour members
Jan 16, 2025
House #17		On Passage: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActPassedSet your home to see
Jan 16, 2025
House #16		On Motion to Recommit: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActFailedSet your home to see

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