{"format":1,"id":"118-hr-7909","congress":118,"number":"H.R. 7909","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed sex offenses or domestic violence are inadmissible and deportable."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2024-04-09","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-09-18","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h429","question":"On Passage","title":"Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act","result":"Passed","yea":266,"nay":158,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2024/roll429.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","date":"2024-09-19"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2024-09-18","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable."},{"k":"p","t":"First, the bill establishes that a non-U.S. national is inadmissible if the individual has admitted to or is convicted of acts constituting the essential elements of stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, a sex offense, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, a violation of certain protection orders, and domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships)."},{"k":"p","t":"Next, the bill establishes additional grounds for deportation. Under current law, a non-U.S. national is deportable for certain criminal convictions, including domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse. The bill makes any sex offense (including crimes against minors) or conspiracy to commit a sex offense a basis for deportation. The bill also expands the domestic violence crimes that make a non-U.S. national deportable to include physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships."}],"words":183},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to add sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse and protection order violations as grounds of inadmissibility, and to add sex offenses and a wider definition of domestic violence as grounds of deportability.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909/text/eh#H36BE12653495451C8A352B4C4153EB5E"}]},"core_areas":["Criminal grounds of inadmissibility for sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse and protection order violations","Criminal grounds of deportability for sex offenses and domestic violence"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Makes an alien inadmissible who has been convicted of, or admits committing or admits acts making up the essential elements of, a sex offense as defined in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, or a conspiracy to commit one.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909/text/eh#H36BE12653495451C8A352B4C4153EB5E"}},{"text":"Makes an alien inadmissible who has been convicted of, or admits committing or admits the essential elements of, a crime of domestic violence, a crime of stalking, or a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909/text/eh#H36BE12653495451C8A352B4C4153EB5E"}},{"text":"Makes an alien inadmissible for the same convictions or admissions concerning violation of the part of a protection order that protects against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909/text/eh#H36BE12653495451C8A352B4C4153EB5E"}},{"text":"Makes an alien deportable who has been convicted of a sex offense as defined in the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, or of a conspiracy to commit one.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909/text/eh#H36BE12653495451C8A352B4C4153EB5E"}},{"text":"Adds to the existing domestic violence ground of deportability any crime that constitutes domestic violence as defined in the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, whether or not the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909/text/eh#H36BE12653495451C8A352B4C4153EB5E"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2024-09-18","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-30","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7909/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/118-hr-7909.png","v":"47be491ec061","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 7909, 118th Congress: Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. House: 266 Yea, 158 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 18 Sep 2024."}}