Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2413 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2413

  To amend title 18, United States Code, to assert jurisdiction over 
    murders committed by certain inadmissible or deportable aliens.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 23, 2025

  Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Budd, Mr. Justice, and Mr. 
Scott of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was read 
          twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title 18, United States Code, to assert jurisdiction over 
    murders committed by certain inadmissible or deportable aliens.

    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 Illegal Alien 
Murders Act''.

SEC. 2. MURDERS COMMITTED BY CERTAIN INADMISSIBLE OR DEPORTABLE ALIENS.

    Section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) Within any jurisdiction of the United States (whether or not 
in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United 
States), an alien who--
            ``(1) is--
                    ``(A) inadmissible under paragraph (6)(A), (6)(C), 
                or (7) of section 212(a) of the Immigration and 
                Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)); or
                    ``(B) deportable under subparagraph (B) or (C)(i) 
                of section 237(a)(1) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(1)); 
                and
            ``(2) is guilty of--
                    ``(A) murder in the first degree, shall be punished 
                by death or by imprisonment for life; or
                    ``(B) murder in the second degree, shall be 
                imprisoned for any term of years or for life.''.
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