119-s3113

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3113 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 3113

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who 
 have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or 
 unlawfully receiving public benefits are inadmissible and deportable.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 November 5, 2025

 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Lee) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and 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 
 unlawfully receiving 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 UNLAWFULLY RECEIVING 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 
 unlawfully receiving public benefits.--Any alien who 
 has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or 
 who admits committing acts constituting the essential 
 elements of, an offense that involves defrauding the 
 United States Government or unlawfully receiving 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
            (c) ) or a State or local public benefit (as such 
 term is defined in 

section 411
            (c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
 1621
            (c) )), 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 
 unlawfully receiving public benefits.--Any alien who 
 has been convicted of an offense that involves 
 defrauding the United States Government or unlawfully 
 receiving 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
            (c) ) or a State or local public 
 benefit (as such term is defined in 

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