Illegal Alien Animal Abuser Removal Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7544 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7544

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that an alien 
 convicted of an offense involving animal cruelty is inadmissible and 
                  deportable, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2026

   Ms. Mace 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 an alien 
 convicted of an offense involving animal cruelty is inadmissible and 
                  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 ``Illegal Alien Animal Abuser Removal 
Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO ANIMAL CRUELTY.

    (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) Animal cruelty and animal fighting.--Any 
                alien who has been convicted of, who admits having 
                committed, or who admits committing acts constituting 
                the essential elements of--
                            ``(i) an offense under sections 48 or 49 of 
                        title 18, United States Code; or
                            ``(ii) an offense under State, Tribal, or 
                        local law, an essential element of which is 
                        animal cruelty, animal abuse, or animal 
                        fighting, regardless of whether such offense is 
                        classified as a misdemeanor or felony under 
                        State, Tribal, or local law,
                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) Animal cruelty and animal fighting.--Any 
                alien who has been convicted of--
                            ``(i) an offense under sections 48 or 49 of 
                        title 18, United States Code; or
                            ``(ii) an offense under State, Tribal, or 
                        local law, an essential element of which is 
                        animal cruelty, animal abuse, or animal 
                        fighting, regardless of whether such offense is 
                        classified as a misdemeanor or felony under 
                        State, Tribal, or local law,
                is deportable.''.
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