Bill · S. 158· Senate(119-S-158)
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
- Introduced
- 1/21/2025
- Last activity
- 1/21/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Sponsored by
- Marsha Blackburn
- Cosponsors
- - 5 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, known as the "Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act," aims to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. It seeks to make certain aliens inadmissible or deportable based on specific criminal actions. Specifically, it targets individuals who have been convicted of, or admit to, sex offenses or conspiracies to commit them. The bill also addresses crimes involving domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment. Additionally, it covers those who violate protection orders involving threats of violence, harassment, or bodily injury.
Yes
Would women be better off under this?+6
The bill targets individuals involved in domestic violence and protection order violations, which can increase safety for women.
Would children be better off under this?+5
The bill protects children by making those guilty of child abuse, neglect, or abandonment inadmissible or deportable.
Does this tighten control of the border?+5
The bill tightens border control by making aliens who commit sex offenses or domestic violence inadmissible.
The opposite
Would immigrants be better off under this?-6
The bill increases the likelihood of deportation and inadmissibility for immigrants based on admissions or convictions of specific crimes.
Does this make it easier for immigrants already here to become citizens?-5
The bill expands grounds for deportation and inadmissibility, which limits long-term legal status opportunities for certain aliens.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
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Prevention of entry for those with sex offense histories: Under Section 2, subsection (a), the bill makes aliens inadmissible if they have been convicted of, admit to having committed, or admit to acts constituting the elements of a sex offense or a conspiracy to commit one. This provides a mechanism to prevent such individuals from entering the country.
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Prevention of entry for those involved in domestic or child-related crimes: Section 2, subsection (a) also establishes inadmissibility for those who admit to or are convicted of crimes involving domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment.
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Addressing protection order violations: Section 2, subsection (a)(K)(iv) targets individuals who violate protection orders involving credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury, which could serve to protect the persons for whom those orders were issued.
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Deportation of individuals with sex offense convictions: Section 2, subsection (b) amends the law so that any alien convicted of a sex offense or a conspiracy to commit one is considered deportable.
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Deportation of individuals involved in domestic violence: Section 2, subsection (b) updates the law to include any crime that constitutes domestic violence within the scope of deportability.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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Increased deportability for certain crimes: Under Section 2, subsection (b), the bill expands the grounds for deportation to include those convicted of sex offenses or conspiracies to commit them, as well as those involved in crimes of domestic violence.
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Inadmissibility based on admissions rather than just convictions: Section 2, subsection (a) specifies that an alien can be deemed inadmissible if they "admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements" of the listed crimes. This means an individual could face inadmissibility based on an admission rather than a formal legal conviction.
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Women+6Good For Children+5Good For Immigrants-6
- Social Issues And Justice
- Improves Border Security+5Improves Pathway To Citizenship-5
- 2/18/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/12/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 2/10/2025
- 3 Cosponsors added.
- 1/21/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced in Senate
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