Expands the list of criminal convictions and admissions that make noncitizens inadmissible and deportable, increasing the number of noncitizens subject to removal by federal immigration authorities.
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 ... is inadmissible.
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Broadens federal grounds of inadmissibility and deportability to cover sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, and protection-order violations, resulting in more noncitizens being removed for these crimes.
Any alien who has been convicted of a sex offense ... or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
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2025-01-21: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act solely to expand federal grounds of inadmissibility and deportability for certain sex offenses and crimes of domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, and related acts; this directly increases immigration enforcement by making more noncitizens removable.