Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Plain Language Summary
# Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act (HR 30) — Summary **What the bill does:** This legislation establishes new grounds for keeping non-U.S. citizens out of the country and for deporting those already here. Specifically, it makes individuals inadmissible (unable to enter) if they have committed or admitted to stalking, child abuse, child neglect, sex offenses, violations of protection orders, or domestic violence. The bill also expands deportation rules so that any sex offense conviction—including those involving minors—becomes grounds for removal from the U.S. **Who it affects:** The bill directly applies to non-U.S. citizens and immigrants.
It also indirectly affects communities and potential victims by aiming to prevent certain individuals from entering or remaining in the country. **Key provisions:** Under current law, some crimes like domestic violence and child abuse already trigger deportation. This bill broadens that list to include all sex offenses and conspiracies to commit sex offenses. It also creates new grounds for inadmissibility for behaviors like stalking and violations of protective orders, not just convictions. **Current status:** The bill has passed the House of Representatives. It would need to pass the Senate and receive presidential approval to become law.
CRS Official Summary
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActThis 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.
Latest Action
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.