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Nancy Mace (R-SC)

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

H.R. 30 · House bill Immigration

A Republican bill with 60 Republican cosponsors · See all 60 cosponsors

Last activity — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

In the other chamber's committee

Passed one chamber and has been handed to a committee in the other.

The committee decides whether it goes any further, and most bills that reach a committee never leave it. A committee that simply does nothing kills a bill without anyone ever voting against it, so no news from here is usually the news.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. Passed House 274–145
  3. In Senate committee

What this bill would do

The Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act seeks to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act. It targets aliens who have committed or been convicted of certain violent acts. The bill expands the list of offenses that make an individual inadmissible to the United States. It also expands the list of offenses that make an individual deportable. Specifically, it focuses on sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violations of certain protection orders.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this tighten control of the border?

    The bill strengthens border control by establishing stricter inadmissibility criteria for certain violent crimes.

  • Scored +4

    Would children be better off under this?

    The bill aims to prevent violence by making those who commit child abuse or neglect inadmissible or deportable.

The opposite

  • Scored -7

    Would immigrants be better off under this?

    The bill expands the specific criminal offenses that can lead to an alien's deportation or inadmissibility.

  • Scored -6

    Does this make it easier for immigrants already here to become citizens?

    The bill increases the likelihood of deportation for aliens who commit sex offenses or domestic violence, impacting their legal status.

  • Scored -5

    Would Hispanic Americans be better off under this?

    The bill targets aliens, a demographic that includes many Hispanic Americans, by expanding grounds for deportation and inadmissibility.

What Congress actually voted on

2 recorded votes have been taken on this bill. One of them decided something; the rest moved it along.

  • The House: the vote on whether to pass the bill This is the real decision in this chamber. Passing here sends the bill to the other chamber, which must pass it too before it can go to the President. Passed 274 yes · 145 no

    See who voted how →

    01/16/2025 · Roll call 17 · recorded as “On Passage”