Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Sponsored by Nancy Mace
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 19, 2024
This bill expands the immigration enforcement grounds related to violence offenses. It establishes that non-U.S. nationals are inadmissible if they have admitted to or been convicted of stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, sex offenses, conspiracy to commit sex offenses, violations of protection orders, or domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or patterns of coercive behavior within close relationships). The bill also expands deportation grounds by making any sex offense or conspiracy to commit a sex offense deportable offenses, and broadens the domestic violence crimes triggering deportation to include physical or sexual abuse or patterns of coercive behavior within certain close relationships.
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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, and 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.