To make persons who conspire to commit, commit, or benefit from an act of human trafficking ineligible for admission to the United States of America.

Bill: 114-hr-345
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Grayson, Alan [D-FL-9]
Introduced: 2015-01-14
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Family relationships

Human trafficking

Immigration status and procedures

Visas and passports
Latest action: action_date: 2015-02-05
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an alien who commits or conspires to commit a single human trafficking offense (under current law, more than one offense), or assists a trafficker, ineligible for U.S. admission.</p> <p>Makes the spouse, son, or daughter of such an inadmissible alien also permanently inadmissible if he or she has obtained a financial or other benefit from that alien's illicit activity, regardless of when the benefit was obtained, and knew that the benefit was the product of such illicit activity.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 345 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 14, 2015 Mr. Grayson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To make persons who conspire to commit, commit, or benefit from an act of human trafficking ineligible for admission to the United States of America.

1. Ground of inadmissability for trafficking Section 212(a)(2)(H)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(H)(i) ) is amended by striking “who commits or conspires to commit human trafficking offenses” and inserting “who commits or conspires to commit a human trafficking offense”. 2. Permanent exclusion of persons who have benefited from illicit activities of traffickers in persons Section 212(a)(2)(H)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(H)(ii) ) is amended by striking “has, within the previous 5 years, obtained any financial or other benefit from the illicit activity” and inserting “has obtained any financial or other benefit from the illicit activity”.