119-hr1958

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1958 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 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.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 6, 2025

Mr. Taylor (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Schmidt, Ms. Mace, Mr. Onder, 
 Mr. Messmer, Mr. Latta, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mrs. Biggs of South 
 Carolina, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Rose, Mr. Haridopolos, and Mr. 
 Finstad) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

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 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO DEFRAUDING THE 
 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF 
 PUBLIC BENEFITS.

    (a) 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) Defrauding the united states government or 
 the unlawful receipt of public benefits.--Any alien who 
 has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or 
 who admits committing acts which constitute the 
 essential elements of, an offense that involves 
 defrauding the United States Government or the unlawful 
 receipt of a Federal public benefit (as such term is 
 defined in 

section 401
            (c) of the Personal 
 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
 of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611) or a State or local public 
 benefit (as such term is defined in 

section 411
            (c) of 
 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621), or a conspiracy to commit 
 such an offense, is inadmissible.''.

    (b) Deportability.--

Section 237

    (a)

    (2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227

    (a)

    (2) ) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
 ``
        (G) Defrauding the united states government or 
 the unlawful receipt of public benefits.--Any alien who 
 has been convicted of an offense that involves 
 defrauding the United States Government or the unlawful 
 receipt of a Federal public benefit (as such term is 
 defined in 

section 401
            (c) of the Personal 
 Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
 of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611) or a State or local public 
 benefit (as such term is defined in 

section 411
            (c) of 
 such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621), or a conspiracy to commit 
 such an offense, is deportable.''.
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