H.R. 7909 — what changed
Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
From Introduced in House to Reported in House. 1 section amended between Introduced in House and Reported in House.
Sec. 2 Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order
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) Sex offenses—Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible.
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“(K) Domestic violence—Any violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order—Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)), is inadmissible.”of—
added “(i) a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E));
added “(ii) a crime of stalking;
added “(iii) a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; or
added “(iv) a crime of violating the portion of a protection order (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued,”
Deportability— Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended—
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in subparagraph (E)(i), by inserting before the period at the end the following “, and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act”; and(E)—
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in the heading, by striking “crimes against children and” and inserting “and crimes against children”; and
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in clause (i), by inserting before the period at the end the following “, and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(G) Sex offenses—Any alien who has been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))) or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable.”