HR 134 · in committee · significant
Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act
- immigration
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
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would mandatory detention of non-citizens accused of sexual assault affect court case timelines and the right to bail before conviction?
- 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?
- 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How would this bill's deportation requirement interact with cases where sexual assault allegations are disputed, withdrawn, or result in acquittal?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
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
10/ 435
House Reps cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-03
Joining the bill
Legislative timeline
2025-01-03 · house · IntroReferral
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
2025-01-03 · IntroReferral
Introduced in House
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