H.R. 30 · Where this bill is now
In the Senate
Passed the House Jan 16, 2025. Received Jan 17, 2025; no Senate vote yet
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryExpands deportation grounds for immigration violations
This bill establishes new reasons to deny entry to the U.S. and deport non-U.S. nationals (people not born as American citizens). It says people can be barred from entering or removed from the country if they've been convicted of or admitted to stalking, child abuse, neglect or abandonment, sex offenses, certain violations of protection orders, or domestic violence—including physical or sexual abuse or patterns of controlling behavior in close relationships. The bill also expands which sex offenses and domestic violence crimes make someone deportable, including any sex offense involving minors.
How it affects you
If you're a U.S. citizen, this bill may affect you indirectly by changing who can be removed from the country for certain crimes. The bill is focused on non-U.S. nationals and doesn't directly change criminal laws or protections for U.S. citizens. Victims of domestic violence or sexual assault, regardless of citizenship status, would see the same crimes already punished under existing law.
Read the official summary (Introduced in House, Jan 3, 2025)
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
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.
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, or domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships).
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionH. R. 30
AN ACT
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC-1) · Introduced Jan 3, 2025 · Immigration · 3 versions of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jan 17, 2025: “Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”
How Congress voted
Official roll callsHouse · On Passage · Jan 16, 2025
Passage Passed 274–145
| Party | Yes | No | Didn’t vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Democrats | 61 | 145 | 9 |
| Republicans | 213 | 0 | 6 |
61 members voted against most of their party: 61 Democrats voted Yes.
Congress votes on whole bills and amendments, not on single sections.
Sections
The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 3 official versions.