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Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault.
Summary
This bill amends immigration law to address aliens convicted of or who admit to committing sexual assault offenses. It mandates the detention of certain inadmissible aliens who are charged with, arrested for, or convicted of sexual assault. The bill also makes sexual assault a ground for inadmissibility, preventing such individuals from entering the United States, and establishes sexual assault as a deportable offense, allowing for removal of non-citizens convicted of or who admit to committing sexual assault.
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Sponsor (1)
10 cosponsors
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL)
- Rep. Donalds, Byron [R-FL-19] (R-FL)
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC)
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA)
- Rep. McCaul, Michael T. [R-TX-10] (R-TX)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL)
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI)
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Vern Buchanan’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- SELECT MEDICAL CORPORATION $43,200
- FLORIDA CRYSTALS $16,100
- DERICK DERMATOLOGY $13,200
- BLACKSTONE $8,100
- CASL $7,609
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Vern Buchanan → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Stauber, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Bost, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Edwards) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the detention, inadmissibility, and removal of aliens who commit sexual assault.
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 “Protecting our Communities from Sexual Predators Act”.
SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT SEXUAL ASSAULT.
Section 236(c)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking “, or” and inserting a comma;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by adding “or” at the end; and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
“(E)(i) is inadmissible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or under section 212(a)(7); and
“(ii) is charged with, arrested for, convicted of, admits having committed, or admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)),”.
SEC. 3. INADMISSILIBITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO SEXUAL ASSAULT.
(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) Sexual assault.—Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)), 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) Sexual assault.—Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)), is deportable.”. <all>
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