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HR 134 · in committee · significant

Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act

What this bill does

  • The bill requires the Department of Justice to detain non-U.S. nationals arrested for sexual assault.
  • It affects immigrants and non-citizens charged with, arrested for, or convicted of sexual assault crimes.
  • The bill makes sexual assault convictions grounds for deportation and bars entry to the United States.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would mandatory detention of non-citizens accused of sexual assault affect court case timelines and the right to bail before conviction?

  2. 02

    What evidence exists that non-citizens commit sexual assault at higher or lower rates than U.S. citizens, and how should that data inform detention policy?

  3. 03

    How would this bill's deportation requirement interact with cases where sexual assault allegations are disputed, withdrawn, or result in acquittal?

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Sponsor · R-FL-16

Vern Buchanan

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Introduced 2025-01-03

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-01-03 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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