Expansion in definition of aggravated felony
Title IV — Criminal aliens
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(a) Expansion in definition Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43) is amended to read as follows: (43) The term aggravated felony means— (A) murder; (B) any illicit trafficking in any controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act), including any drug trafficking crime as defined in section 924(c) of title 18, United States Code; (C) any illicit trafficking in any firearms or destructive devices as defined in section 921 of title 18, United States Code, or in explosive materials as defined in section 841(c) of title 18, United States Code; (D) any offense described in (i) section 1956 of title 18, United States Code (relating to laundering of monetary instruments) or (ii) section 1957 of such title (relating to engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from specific unlawful activity) if the value of the funds exceeded $100,000; (E) any offense described in— (i) subsection (h) or (i) of section 842, title 18, United States Code, or subsection (d), (e), (f), (g), (h), or (i) of section 844 of title 18, United States Code (relating to explosive materials offenses), (ii) paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of section 922(g), or section 922(j), section 922(n), section 922(o), section 922(p), section 922(r), section 924(b), or section 924(h) of title 18, United States Code (relating to firearms offenses), or (iii) section 5861 of title 26, United States Code (relating to firearms offenses); (F) any crime of violence (as defined in section 16 of title 18, United States Code, not including a purely political offense) for which the term of imprisonment imposed (regardless of any suspension of such imprisonment) is at least 5 years; (G) any theft offense (including receipt of stolen property) or any burglary offense, where a sentence of 5 years imprisonment or more may be imposed; (H) any offense described in section 875, section 876, section 877, or section 1202 of title 18, United States Code (relating to the demand for or receipt of ransom); (I) any offense described in section 2251, section 2251A or section 2252 of title 18, United States Code (relating to child pornography); (J) any offense described in— (i) section 1962 of title 18, United States Code (relating to racketeer influenced corrupt organizations), or (ii) section 1084 (if it is a second or subsequent offense) or section 1955 of such title (relating to gambling offenses), where a sentence of 5 years imprisonment or more may be imposed; (K) any offense relating to commercial bribery, counterfeiting, forgery or trafficking in vehicles whose identification numbers have been altered, where a sentence of 5 years imprisonment or more may be imposed; (L) any offense— (i) described in section 2421, section 2422, or section 2423 of title 18, United States Code (relating to transportation for the purpose of prostitution) for commercial advantage, or (ii) described in section 1581 through 1585, or section 1588, of title 18, United States Code (relating to peonage, slavery, and involuntary servitude); (M) any offense relating to perjury or subornation of perjury where a sentence of 5 years imprisonment or more may be imposed; (N) any offense described in— (i) section 793 (relating to gathering or transmitting national defense information), section 798 (relating to disclosure of classified information), section 2153 (relating to sabotage) or section 2381 or section 2382 (relating to treason) of title 18, United States Code, or (ii) section 421 of title 50, United States Code (relating to protecting the identity of undercover intelligence agents); (O) any offense— (i) involving fraud or deceit where the loss to the victim or victims exceeded $200,000; or (ii) described in section 7201 of title 26, United States Code (relating to tax evasion), where the tax loss to the Government exceeds $200,000; (P) any offense described in section 274(a)(1) of title 18, United States Code (relating to alien smuggling) for the purpose of commercial advantage; (Q) any violation of section 1546(a) of title 18, United States Code (relating to document fraud), for the purpose of commercial advantage; (R) any offense relating to failing to appear before a court pursuant to a court order to answer to or dispose of a charge of a felony, where a sentence of 2 years or more may be imposed; or any attempt or conspiracy to commit any such act. Such term applies to offenses described in this paragraph whether in violation of Federal or State law and applies to such offenses in violation of the laws of a foreign country for which the term of imprisonment was completed within the previous 15 years; or (S) any felony committed by an alien on or after the date that alien had received a waiver of deportation under sections 212 or 241 of this Act (8 U.S.C. 1182 or 1251) after commission of a prior felony.. (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall apply to all convictions entered before, on, or after the date of enactment of this Act.