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