118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7909 

AN ACT 

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. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Violence Against 

3 Women by Illegal Aliens Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 

5 TO SEX OFFENSES, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, 

6 STALKING, CHILD ABUSE, OR VIOLATION OF 

7 PROTECTION ORDER. 

8 (a) INADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im9 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 

10 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

12 been convicted of, who admits having com13 mitted, or who admits committing acts which 

14 constitute the essential elements of a sex of15 fense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) 

16 of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety 

17 Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))), or a con18 spiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmis19 sible. 

20 ‘‘(K) DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, STALKING, 

21 CHILD ABUSE, OR VIOLATION OF PROTECTION

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

23 who admits having committed, or who admits 

24 committing acts which constitute the essential 

25 elements of— 
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1 ‘‘(i) a crime of domestic violence (as 

2 such term is defined in section 

3 237(a)(2)(E)); 

4 ‘‘(ii) a crime of stalking; 

5 ‘‘(iii) a crime of child abuse, child ne6 glect, or child abandonment; or 

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

8 of a protection order (as such term is de9 fined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves 

10 protection against credible threats of vio11 lence, repeated harassment, or bodily in12 jury to the person or persons for whom the 

13 protection order was issued, 

14 is inadmissible.’’. 

15 (b) DEPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im16 migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in subparagraph (E)— 

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

20 AGAINST CHILDREN AND’’ and inserting ‘‘AND

21 CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN’’; and 

22 (B) in clause (i), by inserting before the 

23 period at the end the following ‘‘, and includes 

24 any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as 

25 such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the 
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1 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement 

2 Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a), regardless of 

3 whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding 

4 under that Act’’; and 

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

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

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

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

9 Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 

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

11 such an offense, is deportable.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 18, 

2024. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7909 

AN ACT 

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