Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion Act

Bill: 117-s-4324
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Thune, John [R-SD]
Introduced: 2022-05-26
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-26
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2754)

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-26
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion Act</b></p> <p>This bill establishes under statute that a conviction for certain crimes related to kidnapping or sexual abuse shall be grounds for (1) barring an individual from entering the United States, and (2) deportability. (Under current law, convictions for certain crimes, including crimes involving moral turpitude, are grounds for inadmissibility and deportability.)<br> </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4324 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 26, 2022 Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Cassidy , Mr. Moran , Mr. Tillis , and Mr. Lankford ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To clarify that convictions for kidnapping or sexual abuse are grounds for inadmissibility and deportability under the Immigration and Nationality Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders and Violence Expulsion Act . 2. Grounds for inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(F) ) is amended to read as follows: (F) Kidnapping; sexual abuse Any alien who has been convicted of— (i) any offense under chapter 55 of title 18, United States Code (related to kidnapping); or (ii) any offense under chapter 109A of such title (related to sexual abuse), is inadmissible. . 3. Grounds for deportation Section 237(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(D)(i) ) is amended— (1) by inserting chapter 55 (relating to kidnapping), after espionage), ; and (2) by inserting chapter 109A (relating to sexual abuse), after sabotage), .