Makes unlawful voting by noncitizens an aggravated felony under immigration law, triggering deportation and inadmissibility, so increases immigration enforcement consequences for this offense.
Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)) is amended-- ... (U) voting in violation of any Federal, State, or local constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation;
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Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to treat unlawful voting as an aggravated felony, expanding grounds for inadmissibility and deportability of noncitizen voters.
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make unlawful voting an aggravated felony.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2025-01-23: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to classify voting in violation of any law as an aggravated felony, updates inadmissibility provisions for unlawful voters, and strikes a prior deportability paragraph (likely to conform the new definition), all of which expand immigration enforcement consequences for noncitizens who vote unlawfully.