HR30: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

Key facts

What the bill does

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.

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

Roll-call votes on HR30 (119th Congress)

Every recorded vote on this bill, newest first, with a link to the official tally. Member-by-member positions are on each member’s profile.

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