119 S3113 IS: Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2025 U.S. Senate 2025-11-05 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II119th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 3113IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESNovember 5, 2025Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Cornyn, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the JudiciaryA BILLTo amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or unlawfully receiving public benefits are inadmissible and deportable.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2025.

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Inadmissibility and deportability related to defrauding the United States Government or unlawfully receiving public benefits

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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 unlawfully receiving public benefits

Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts constituting the essential elements of, an offense that involves defrauding the United States Government or unlawfully receiving 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(c)) or a State or local public benefit (as such term is defined in section 411(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621(c))), 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 unlawfully receiving public benefits

Any alien who has been convicted of an offense that involves defrauding the United States Government or unlawfully receiving 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(c)) or a State or local public benefit (as such term is defined in section 411(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621(c))), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable. .