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Union Calendar No. 547 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7909 

[Report No. 118–650] 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 9, 2024 

Ms. MACE (for herself, Mr. BIGGS, and Ms. BOEBERT) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 

Additional sponsors: Mr. HARRIS, Ms. LEE of Florida, Mr. NEHLS, and Mr. 

PERRY

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on April 9, 2024] 


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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. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against Women 

5 by Illegal Aliens Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 

7 TO SEX OFFENSES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

8 STALKING, CHILD ABUSE, OR VIOLATION OF 

9 PROTECTION ORDER. 

10 (a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi11 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 

12 amended by adding at the end the following: 

13 ‘‘(J) SEX OFFENSES.—Any alien who has 

14 been convicted of, who admits having committed, 

15 or who admits committing acts which constitute 

16 the essential elements of a sex offense (as such 

17 term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam 

18 Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 

19 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))), or a conspiracy to com20 mit such an offense, is inadmissible. 

21 ‘‘(K) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, 

22 CHILD ABUSE, OR VIOLATION OF PROTECTION

23 ORDER.—Any alien who has been convicted of, 

24 who admits having committed, or who admits 


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1 committing acts which constitute the essential 

2 elements of— 

3 ‘‘(i) a crime of domestic violence (as 

4 such term is defined in section 

5 237(a)(2)(E)); 

6 ‘‘(ii) a crime of stalking; 

7 ‘‘(iii) a crime of child abuse, child ne8 glect, or child abandonment; or 

9 ‘‘(iv) a crime of violating the portion 

10 of a protection order (as such term is de11 fined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves 

12 protection against credible threats of vio13 lence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury 

14 to the person or persons for whom the pro15 tection order was issued, 

16 is inadmissible.’’. 

17 (b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Immi18 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 

19 amended— 

20 (1) in subparagraph (E)— 

21 (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘CRIMES

22 AGAINST CHILDREN AND’’ and inserting ‘‘AND

23 CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN’’; and 

24 (B) in clause (i), by inserting before the pe25 riod at the end the following ‘‘, and includes any 


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1 crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such 

2 term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent 

3 Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 

4 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a), regardless of whether 

5 the jurisdiction receives grant funding under 

6 that Act’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(G) SEX OFFENSES.—Any alien who has 

9 been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is 

10 defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh 

11 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 

12 U.S.C. 20911(5))) or a conspiracy to commit 

13 such an offense, is deportable.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 547 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7909 

[Report No. 118–650] 

A BILL 

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to 

lence are inadmissible and deportable. who have committed sex offenses or domestic vioprovide that aliens who have been convicted of or 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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