Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act”.
Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to assert jurisdiction over murders committed by certain inadmissible or deportable aliens.
Sec. 2 Murders committed by certain inadmissible or deportable aliens
Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(d) Within any jurisdiction of the United States (whether or not in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States), an alien who—
“(1) is—
“(A) inadmissible under paragraph (6)(A), (6)(C), or (7) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)); or
“(B) deportable under subparagraph (B) or (C)(i) of section 237(a)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)); and
“(2) is guilty of—
“(A) murder in the first degree, shall be punished by death or by imprisonment for life; or
“(B) murder in the second degree, shall be imprisoned for any term of years or for life.”