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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1958 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who |
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| 6 | 6 | | have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or |
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| 7 | 7 | | the unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH6, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. T |
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| 11 | 11 | | AYLOR(for himself, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. SCHMIDT, Ms. MACE, Mr. |
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| 12 | 12 | | O |
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| 13 | 13 | | NDER, Mr. MESSMER, Mr. LATTA, Mr. KENNEDYof Utah, Mrs. BIGGS |
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| 14 | 14 | | of South Carolina, Mr. G |
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| 15 | 15 | | ILLof Texas, Mr. ROSE, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, |
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| 16 | 16 | | and Mr. F |
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| 17 | 17 | | INSTAD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 18 | 18 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 19 | 19 | | A BILL |
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| 20 | 20 | | To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify |
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| 21 | 21 | | that aliens who have been convicted of defrauding the |
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| 22 | 22 | | United States Government or the unlawful receipt of |
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| 23 | 23 | | public benefits are inadmissible and deportable. |
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| 24 | 24 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deporting Fraudsters 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 31 | 31 | | •HR 1958 IH |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | TO DEFRAUDING THE UNITED STATES GOV-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ERNMENT OR THE UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | PUBLIC BENEFITS. 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | NADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im-5 |
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| 38 | 38 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 6 |
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| 39 | 39 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 7 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(J) D |
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| 41 | 41 | | EFRAUDING THE UNITED STATES 8 |
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| 42 | 42 | | GOVERNMENT OR THE UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF 9 |
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| 43 | 43 | | PUBLIC BENEFITS.—Any alien who has been 10 |
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| 44 | 44 | | convicted of, who admits having committed, or 11 |
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| 45 | 45 | | who admits committing acts which constitute 12 |
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| 46 | 46 | | the essential elements of, an offense that in-13 |
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| 47 | 47 | | volves defrauding the United States Govern-14 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ment or the unlawful receipt of a Federal public 15 |
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| 49 | 49 | | benefit (as such term is defined in section 16 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 17 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 18 |
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| 52 | 52 | | U.S.C. 1611) or a State or local public benefit 19 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (as such term is defined in section 411(c) of 20 |
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| 54 | 54 | | such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621), or a conspiracy to 21 |
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| 55 | 55 | | commit such an offense, is inadmissible.’’. 22 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (b) D |
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| 57 | 57 | | EPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-23 |
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| 58 | 58 | | migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 25 |
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| 62 | 62 | | •HR 1958 IH |
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| 63 | 63 | | ‘‘(G) DEFRAUDING THE UNITED STATES 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | GOVERNMENT OR THE UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | PUBLIC BENEFITS.—Any alien who has been 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | convicted of an offense that involves defrauding 4 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the United States Government or the unlawful 5 |
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| 68 | 68 | | receipt of a Federal public benefit (as such 6 |
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| 69 | 69 | | term is defined in section 401(c) of the Per-7 |
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| 70 | 70 | | sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 8 |
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| 71 | 71 | | Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611) or 9 |
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| 72 | 72 | | a State or local public benefit (as such term is 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | defined in section 411(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 1621), or a conspiracy to commit such an of-12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | fense, is deportable.’’. 13 |
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