Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2021

Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2021

This bill subjects to deportation an alien who at any time after admission has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors under state or federal law. Currently, an alien is subject to deportation for a single conviction for certain felonies (such as an aggravated felony), two or more convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude, or being a drug addict.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4760 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4760

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that any alien 
who has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, is deportable, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 28, 2021

 Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Biggs, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Buck, 
 Mrs. Cammack, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Good 
of Virginia, Mrs. Greene of Georgia, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Hice of Georgia, 
 Mr. McClintock, Mr. Perry, Mr. Rosendale, Mr. Budd, Ms. Herrell, Mr. 
Brooks, Mr. Norman, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Arrington, Mr. DesJarlais, 
Mrs. Lesko, and Mr. Aderholt) introduced the following bill; which was 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that any alien 
who has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, is deportable, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Criminal Alien Removal Clarification 
Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL GROUNDS FOR DEPORTABILITY.

    Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1227(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Criminal grounds.--Any alien who, at any time after 
        admission, has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, 
        whether under State or Federal law, is deportable.''.
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