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Deporting Illegal Poachers Act

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense that violates certain State or Federal hunting or fishing laws are inadmissible and deportable.

Introduced May 15, 2026

Latest action (May 15, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Referred to
Judiciary Committee
Policy area
Immigration
Issues
Immigration

Summary
  • Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make aliens inadmissible if they have been convicted of or admit committing violations of federal or state hunting or fishing laws.
  • Specifies that hunting and fishing violations that trigger inadmissibility include hunting, trapping, or fishing without a valid license or permit, or illegal hunting or fishing in violation of season, bag limit, method, location, or protected species rules.
  • Applies the inadmissibility grounds regardless of whether the violation is classified as a misdemeanor or felony under federal, state, tribal, or local law.
  • Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make aliens deportable if convicted of hunting or fishing law violations that render them inadmissible.

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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. May 15, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
  2. May 15, 2026 Introduced in House

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  • S 688 — Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025 · Passed Senate Mar 24, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 7544 — Illegal Alien Animal Abuser Removal Act of 2026 · Introduced Feb 12, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 707 — Deport Illegal Voters Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · May 15, 2026

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

May 15, 2026

Mr. Burchett (for himself and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense that violates certain State or Federal hunting or fishing laws are inadmissible and deportable.

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 “Deporting Illegal Poachers Act”.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO HUNTING AND FISHING VIOLATIONS.

(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 new subparagraph:

“(J) Violation of hunting or fishing laws.—Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a violation of any Federal or State law relating to—

“(i) hunting, trapping, or fishing without a valid license or permit required under such law; or

“(ii) illegal hunting or fishing (including taking wildlife or fish in violation of season, bag limit, method, location, or protected species rules), as those terms are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction, offense, or acts constituting the essential elements of the offense occurred, without regard to whether the conviction or offense is classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, Tribal, or local law, 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 new subparagraph:

“(G) Violation of hunting or fishing laws.—Any alien who has been convicted of a violation described in section 212(a)(2)(J) is deportable.”. <all>

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