S 158 · in committee · major
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
- immigration
- criminal justice
What this bill does
- The bill makes non-citizens inadmissible to the U.S. for crimes including stalking, child abuse, sex offenses, and domestic violence.
- Non-citizens convicted of these crimes become deportable, affecting immigrants in the country legally or illegally.
- The bill takes effect upon enactment and expands existing grounds for deportation without specifying implementation costs.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
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How should immigration courts balance deportation enforcement under this bill with family separation concerns for legal residents with U.S. citizen relatives?
- 02
What evidence exists that current law's deportation grounds for these crimes are insufficient, and what gaps would this bill actually close?
- 03
Who bears the costs of increased deportation proceedings and detention under this bill, and how should those expenses be funded?
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Sponsor · R-TN
Marsha Blackburn
Citizen cosponsors
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In Congress
5/ 100
Senators cosponsoring
Introduced 2025-01-21
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Legislative timeline
2025-01-21 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2025-01-21 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate

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