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S. 158 · 119th Congress (2025-2026)
6 members · Left 0 · Center 0 · Right 6 (Bill Ranking)
| Sponsor | Sen. Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN) (Introduced 01/21/2025) |
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| Sponsor Voting Record | Right · DW-NOMINATE +0.63 · measured from every roll-call vote this member has cast (voteview.com) (Sponsor Ranking) |
| Support |
LLLCLRR support across the spectrum: 6 members signed on (Bill Ranking) this bill: sponsor + current cosponsors, each once |
| Committees | Senate - Judiciary Committee |
| Latest Action | 01/21/2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Roll Call Votes | There have been no roll call votes |
| Source | view on congress.gov → |
Introduced in Senate (01/21/2025)
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.
119 S158 IS: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act U.S. Senate 2025-01-21 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 158IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJanuary 21, 2025Mrs. Blackburn introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of, or who have committed, sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.1.Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act.
2.Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order(a)InadmissibilitySection 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:(J)Sex offensesAny alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible.(K)Domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection orderAny alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of—(i)a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)); (ii)a crime of stalking;(iii)a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; or(iv)a crime of violating the portion of a protection order (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued, is inadmissible. .(b)DeportabilitySection 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended—(1)in subparagraph (E)—(A)in the heading, by striking crimes against children and and inserting and crimes against children; and (B)in clause (i), by inserting before the period at the end the following , and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act; and(2)by adding at the end the following:(G)Sex offensesAny alien who has been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))) or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable..
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| Date | Chamber | All Actions |
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| 01/21/2025 | Library of Congress | Introduced in Senate |
| 01/21/2025 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. |
| Title Type | Title |
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| Display Title | Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act |
| Short Title(s) as Introduced | Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act |
| Official Title as Introduced | A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of, or who have committed, sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable. |
There are no amendments to this bill.
* = Original cosponsor
| Committee | Activity |
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| Senate - Judiciary Committee | 01/21/2025 Referred To |
Policy Area: Immigration
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