No Visas for Violent Criminals Act

[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9117 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9117

To subject aliens convicted of certain crimes to expedited removal from 
                           the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 24, 2024

  Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To subject aliens convicted of certain crimes to expedited removal from 
                           the United States.

    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 ``No Visas for Violent Criminals 
Act''.

SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION CONSEQUENCES FOR UNLAWFUL PROTEST-RELATED 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(G) Unlawful protest-related activities.--Any 
                alien who is convicted of a crime--
                            ``(i) related to the alien's conduct at and 
                        during the course of a protest that occurs at 
                        an institution of higher education (as defined 
                        in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 
                        of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a))) or at a facility 
                        in the United States operated by a religious 
                        institution;
                            ``(ii) involving the defacement, vandalism, 
                        or destruction of a Federal memorial or 
                        monument, including any veterans memorial 
                        referred to in Executive Order 13934 of July 3, 
                        2020 (85 Fed. Reg. 41165; relating to Building 
                        and Rebuilding Monuments to American Heroes); 
                        or
                            ``(iii) involving the intentional 
                        obstruction of any highway, road, bridge, or 
                        tunnel,
                is deportable.''.
    (b) Cancellation of Visa; Removal.--If any alien is convicted of a 
deportable crime described in section 237(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act, as amended by subsection (a)--
            (1) any visa issued to such alien shall immediately be 
        cancelled; and
            (2) not later than 60 days after such conviction, such 
        alien shall be removed from the United States.
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