Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1958 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1958

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who 
 have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or the 
  unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2025

Mr. Taylor (for himself, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Schmidt, Ms. Mace, Mr. Onder, 
   Mr. Messmer, Mr. Latta, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Mrs. Biggs of South 
    Carolina, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Rose, Mr. Haridopolos, and Mr. 
   Finstad) 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 clarify that aliens who 
 have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or the 
  unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable.

    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 ``Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2025''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO DEFRAUDING THE 
              UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OR THE UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF 
              PUBLIC BENEFITS.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                    ``(J) Defrauding the united states government or 
                the unlawful receipt of public benefits.--Any alien who 
                has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or 
                who admits committing acts which constitute the 
                essential elements of, an offense that involves 
                defrauding the United States Government or the unlawful 
                receipt of a Federal public benefit (as such term is 
                defined in section 401(c) of the Personal 
                Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
                of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611) or a State or local public 
                benefit (as such term is defined in section 411(c) of 
                such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621), or a conspiracy to commit 
                such an offense, is inadmissible.''.
    (b) Deportability.--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) Defrauding the united states government or 
                the unlawful receipt of public benefits.--Any alien who 
                has been convicted of an offense that involves 
                defrauding the United States Government or the unlawful 
                receipt of a Federal public benefit (as such term is 
                defined in section 401(c) of the Personal 
                Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
                of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611) or a State or local public 
                benefit (as such term is defined in section 411(c) of 
                such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621), or a conspiracy to commit 
                such an offense, is deportable.''.
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