Title: BE GONE Act
Policy area: Immigration

Summary:
Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by unNaturalized Emigrants Act or the BE GONE Act
This bill expands, for immigration purposes, the definition of aggravated felony to include sexual abuse, sexual assault, and aggravated sexual violence. (Under current law, a conviction for an aggravated felony is grounds for deportation and may bar an individual from other immigration-related benefits.)

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5759 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5759

    To include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the 
definition of aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality 
   Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of such 
                                crimes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2021

Ms. Stefanik (for herself, Ms. Salazar, Ms. Herrell, Mrs. Hinson, Mrs. 
Cammack, Mr. McKinley, Mr. Gibbs, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Budd, 
  Mr. Bost, Mr. Babin, Mrs. Bice of Oklahoma, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. 
Fulcher, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Rosendale, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Cawthorn, 
   Mr. Joyce of Pennsylvania, Mr. Good of Virginia, Ms. Letlow, Mr. 
Timmons, Mr. Gimenez, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Feenstra, Mr. Weber of Texas, 
   Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Owens, Mr. Garbarino, Mr. Mast, Mrs. Miller of 
  Illinois, Mr. Bishop of North Carolina, Mr. Williams of Texas, Mr. 
Moore of Alabama, Mr. Donalds, Mr. Posey, Mr. Mullin, Mr. Gohmert, Ms. 
 Tenney, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Buchanan, Mr. Reschenthaler, Mr. Grothman, 
 Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Norman, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. Rogers 
of Alabama, Mr. Gooden of Texas, Mr. Steube, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Crawford, 
 Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Murphy of North Carolina, Mr. Newhouse, Mr. Johnson 
of Louisiana, Mr. Jacobs of New York, Mr. Katko, Mr. Joyce of Ohio, and 
  Mr. Perry) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
    To include sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence in the 
definition of aggravated felonies under the Immigration and Nationality 
   Act in order to expedite the removal of aliens convicted of such 
                                crimes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLES.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Better Enforcement of Grievous 
Offenses by unNaturalized Emigrants Act'' or the ``BE GONE Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPANDING THE DEFINITION OF AGGRAVATED FELONIES UNDER THE 
              IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.

    Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(43)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (U), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(V) sexual abuse, sexual assault, and aggravated sexual 
        violence.''.
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