Justice for Victims of Open Borders Act of 2022

Justice for Victims of Open Borders Act of 2022

This bill requires a state crime victim compensation program, in order to be eligible for grants, to certify that it prioritizes making payments to victims of crimes committed by individuals who are unlawfully present in the United States.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9265 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9265

To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 with respect to crime victim 
       compensation program eligibility, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 3, 2022

  Ms. Foxx (for herself, Mrs. Flores, and Mr. Steube) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 with respect to crime victim 
       compensation program eligibility, 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 ``Justice for Victims of Open Borders 
Act of 2022''.

SEC. 2. CRIME VICTIM COMPENSATION.

    Section 1403(b) of the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (34 U.S.C. 
20102) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``is operated by a State 
        and'';
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (10) as 
        paragraphs (4) though (12), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following:
            ``(2) such program is operated by a State for which the 
        State's Attorney General has certified to the Attorney General 
        that the program--
                    ``(A) prioritizes making payments to victims of 
                crimes committed by an alien who was unlawfully present 
                in the United States at the time of the commission of 
                the crime; and
                    ``(B) does not prioritize making payments to 
                victims of crimes committed by a person whose status 
                under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in 
                section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act) is 
                unknown;
            ``(3) such program does not provide compensation to any 
        alien unlawfully present in the United States;''.
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