Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act

Bill: 119-hr-134
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation

Detention of persons

Immigration status and procedures

Sex offenses
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires the Department of Justice (DOJ) to detain certain non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens</em> under federal law) who have been arrested for sexual assault. The bill also provides for the inadmissibility and deportability of certain individuals convicted of sexual assault.</p><p>Under this bill, the DOJ must detain an individual who (1) is unlawfully present in the United States, made certain misrepresentations, or did not possess the necessary documents when applying for admission; and (2) has been charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admits to having committed acts which constitute the essential elements of, an offense involving sexual assault.</p><p>The bill also establishes under statute that a conviction for certain crimes related to sexual assault 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.)&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 134 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Issa , Mr. Stauber , Mr. McCaul , Mr. Bost , Mr. Weber of Texas , and Mr. Edwards ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act . 2. Detention of certain aliens who commit sexual assault Section 236(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking , or and inserting a comma; (2) in subparagraph (D), by adding or at the end; and (3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) (i) is inadmissible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or under section 212(a)(7); and (ii) is charged with, arrested for, convicted of, admits having committed, or admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)), . 3. Inadmissilibity and deportability related to sexual assault (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Sexual assault Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)), is inadmissible. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Sexual assault Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)), is deportable. .