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To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand penalties for illegal entry and presence.
Summary
This bill expands penalties for immigration violations under the Immigration and Nationality Act. It increases existing civil penalties for illegal entry from $50-250 to $500-1,000. The bill also creates a new criminal offense for visa overstays, defining an overstay as failing to maintain nonimmigrant status or comply with its conditions for an aggregate of 10 days or more. First-time visa overstay violators face fines and up to 6 months imprisonment; repeat violators or those previously convicted of illegal entry face fines and up to 2 years imprisonment. In addition to criminal penalties, visa overstayers must pay civil penalties of $500-1,000 per violation, or $1,000-2,000 for repeat violators.
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Sponsor (1)
13 cosponsors
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX)
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4] (R-TN)
- Rep. Fine, Randy [R-FL-6] (R-FL)
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY)
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC)
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-IL-15] (R-IL)
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO)
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX)
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE)
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Nathaniel Moran’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $50,200
- DRAKE $13,200
- LEDWELL & SONS ENTERPRISES, INC. $9,900
- PELTIER AUTO GROUP $9,500
- CITIZENS 1ST BANK $7,100
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Nathaniel Moran → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jun 5, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jun 5, 2025 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 5, 2025
Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Fine, Mr. Pfluger, Ms. Hageman, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, and Mr. Babin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand penalties for illegal entry and presence.
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 “Visa Overstays Penalties Act”.
SEC. 2. EXPANDED PENALTIES FOR ILLEGAL ENTRY OR PRESENCE.
Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a) by inserting after “for a subsequent commission of any such offense” the following: “or if the alien was previously convicted of an offense under subsection
(e)(1)”;
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking “at least $50 and not more than $250” and inserting “at least $500 and not more than $1,000”; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting after “in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection” the following: “or subsection (e)(2)”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Visa Overstays.—Any alien who was admitted as a nonimmigrant and who has failed to maintain the nonimmigrant status in which the alien was admitted or to which it was changed under section 248, or to comply with the conditions of any such status, for an aggregate of 10 days, has violated this subsection. An alien who has violated this subsection—
“(1) shall—
“(A) for the first commission of such a violation, be fined under title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both; and
“(B) for a subsequent commission of such a violation or if the alien was previously convicted of an offense under subsection (a), be fined under such title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both; and
“(2) in addition to, and not in lieu of, any penalty under paragraph (1) and any other criminal or civil penalties that may be imposed, shall be subject to a civil penalty of—
“(A) at least $500 and not more than $1,000 for each violation; or
“(B) twice the amount specified in subparagraph
(A) in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection or subsection (b).”. <all>
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