ALIEN Act of 2022

Bill: 117-hr-6706
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4]
Introduced: 2022-02-11
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-02-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Abolishing the Lottery and Immigration Enforcement Now Act of 2022 or the ALIEN Act of 2022</b></p> <p>This bill makes various changes to immigration laws, including by (1) eliminating the diversity visa program; (2) establishing additional penalties for non-U.S. nationals (<i>aliens</i> under federal law) who overstay a visa, such as criminal penalties for an overstay and permanent bans for repeat overstays; and (3) eliminating the authority of the Department of Homeland Security to waive certain grounds of inadmissibility, such as for grounds related to the simple possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6706 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 11, 2022 Mr. Fallon (for himself, Mr. DesJarlais , Mr. Ellzey , Mr. Budd , Mr. Jackson , Mr. Posey , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , and Mr. Gosar ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to repeal the diversity visa lottery, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Abolishing the Lottery and Immigration Enforcement Now Act of 2022 or the ALIEN Act of 2022 . 2. Repeal of the diversity visa lottery Title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 201(a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by adding and at the end; (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ; and and inserting a period; and (C) by striking paragraph (3); (2) in section 203— (A) by striking subsection (c); and (B) in subsection (e)— (i) by striking paragraph (2); and (ii) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2); and (3) in section 204(a)(1), by striking subparagraph (I). 3. Penalties for overstaying a visa (a) In general Chapter 8 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1151 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 274E. Penalties for overstay of visa (a) Prohibited conduct It is unlawful for any alien to remain in the United States beyond the date on which such alien's visa or lawful status has expired. (b) Criminal penalties Any alien who violates subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, and imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both. (c) Civil penalties (1) In general Any alien who violates subsection (a) shall pay a civil penalty of not more than $1000 per day to the Secretary of Homeland Security for each day the alien remains in violation of such subsection. (2) Immigration matters (A) Inadmissibility Any alien who violates subsection (a) shall be— (i) inadmissible to enter the United States for five years from the date on which an alien is found to have violated subsection (a); (ii) ineligible for relief from removal for 10 years from the date on which an alien is found to have violated subsection (a); and (iii) ineligible to apply for legal permanent residency for 15 years from the date on which an alien is found to have violated subsection (a). (3) Two strikes with respect to overstay of visa Any alien who violates subsection (a) shall be shall be removed from the United States. If such alien again enters the United States on a visa and is found to violate subsection (a), the alien shall be removed from the United States and is permanently inadmissible to the United States. (d) Rule of construction Nothing in this section may be construed to diminish or qualify any other penalty for which an alien may be subject to for activities described under section 243(a), section 274D, or under any other section of this Act. . (b) Clerical amendment The table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by adding after the item relating to section 274D the following: Sec. 274E. Penalties for overstay of visa. . 4. Membership in particular social group Section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101(a) ) is amended by inserting at the end the following new paragraph: (53) The term particular social group means a group that is based on an immutable or fundamental characteristic, is defined with particularity, and is recognized as socially distinct from other members of society at question. Such a particular social group cannot be defined exclusively by the alleged persecutory acts or harm and must also have existed independently of the alleged persecutory acts or harm that forms the basis of the claim. The Secretary, in general, may not favorably adjudicate claims of aliens who claim a fear of persecution on account of membership in a particular social group consisting of or defined by the following circumstances— (A) past or present criminal activity or association (including gang membership); (B) presence in a country with generalized violence or a high crime rate; (C) being the subject of a recruitment effort by criminal, terrorist, or persecutory groups; (D) the targeting of the applicant for criminal activity for financial gain based on perceptions of wealth or affluence; (E) interpersonal disputes of which governmental authorities in the relevant society or region were unaware or uninvolved; (F) private criminal acts of which governmental authorities in the relevant society or region were unaware or uninvolved; (G) past or present terrorist activity or association; (H) past or present persecutory activity or association; or (I) status as an alien returning from the United States. . 5. Prohibition on inadmissibility waivers Section 212 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a) ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph (B); (B) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph (F); (C) in paragraph (6)— (i) by striking subparagraph (C)(iii); (ii) by striking subparagraph (E)(iii); and (iii) by striking subparagraph (F) and inserting the following: (F) Subject of civil penalty An alien who is the subject of a final order for violation of section 274C is inadmissible. ; (D) in paragraph (7)— (i) by striking subparagraph (A)(ii); and (ii) by striking subparagraph (B)(ii); and (E) in paragraph (9), by striking subparagraph (B)(v); and (2) by striking subsection (h).