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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 summary

Expands 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.

119th Congress
1st Session
H. R. 30

AN ACT

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

Passed HouseJan 16, 2025 · 274–145In the SenateNo vote yet

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 calls

House · On Passage · Jan 16, 2025

Passed 274–145

YesNoDidn’t vote
PartyYesNoDidn’t vote
Democrats611459
Republicans21306

61 members voted against most of their party: 61 Democrats voted Yes.

Source: Clerk of the House · roll call 17

274–145Passed
DemocratsRepublicans

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Sections

The wording of this bill hasn’t changed across its 3 official versions.

Sections · 2
H.R. 30: Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act — Bill Status, Votes and Text · Public Law Tracker