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119th Congress · House

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses · Child safety and welfare · Crimes against children · Domestic violence and child abuse · Immigration status and procedures · Sex offenses · Immigration

In plain language

  • House bill in the 119th Congress.
  • Establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals ( aliens under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes.
  • House passed it on Jan 16, 2025 (substantive).
Official summary (Congressional Research Service)

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.

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