No Visas for Violent Criminals Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2001 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2001

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 10, 2025

 Mr. Cotton (for himself and Mr. Banks) introduced the following bill; 
  which was read twice and 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;
                            ``(ii) involving the defacement, vandalism, 
                        or destruction of Federal property; 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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