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H.R. 30 (119th): Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

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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Recorded summary

The bill makes non-U.S. nationals inadmissible for admitted or convicted conduct constituting stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, sex offenses, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, violations of certain protection orders, or domestic violence, including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior within certain close relationships. It also makes any sex offense, including crimes against minors, and conspiracy to commit a sex offense grounds for deportation, and expands the domestic violence grounds for deportation to cover physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior within certain close relationships.

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Theological note: The measure bears on the protection of women and children from abuse and sexual violence, which Scripture treats as serious wrongs requiring civil restraint under general equity. Its relevance lies in the civil enforcement of protection against abusers. Questions of immigration admission and removal are prudential and governmental, and are not themselves the moral center of the bill.

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Roll 16 · 16-Jan-2025 10:50 AM · On Motion to Recommit · Failed

Yea 206 · Nay 213 · Other 15

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Roll 17 · 16-Jan-2025 11:00 AM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 274 · Nay 145 · Other 15

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