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Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act
To amend title 18, United States Code, by adding an additional aggravating factor to be considered in determining whether a sentence of death is warranted.
Summary
This bill adds a new aggravating factor to federal death penalty sentencing law. Under the amendment, courts may consider as an aggravating factor that a defendant is an alien who unlawfully entered or remained in the United States and has been convicted of killing, attempting to kill, or conspiring to kill a United States citizen. This aggravating factor can be used to support imposing a death sentence in capital murder cases.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX)
14 cosponsors
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
- Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL)
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] (R-MT)
- Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Sen. Justice, James C. [R-WV] (R-WV)
- Sen. McCormick, David [R-PA] (R-PA)
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] (R-ID)
- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC)
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to John Cornyn’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- CAPITAL GROUP $22,500
- ANDREESSEN HOROWITZ $16,500
- PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES $13,686
- WINKLEVOSS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT $13,200
- BLACKSTONE $12,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for John Cornyn → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- May 8, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. · senate
- May 8, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 8, 2025
Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Banks, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Daines, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Risch, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Justice, Mr. Tillis, Mrs. Blackburn, and Mr. Hagerty) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, by adding an additional aggravating factor to be considered in determining whether a sentence of death is warranted.
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 “Justice for American Victims of Illegal Aliens Act”.
SEC. 2. DEATH PENALTY AGGRAVATING FACTORS.
Section 3592(c) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph (16) the following:
“(17) Illegal alien.—The defendant is an alien who—
“(A) came to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of Federal law; and
“(B) has been convicted of killing, attempting to kill, or conspiring to kill a United States citizen.”. <all>
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