[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5653 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5653

To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that any alien 
who has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, is deportable, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 27, 2018

Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Babin, Mr. Blum, Mr. Budd, Mr. 
Cramer, Mr. Crawford, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. 
 Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Harris, 
 Mr. Jody B. Hice of Georgia, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Jones, Mr. King 
 of Iowa, Mr. Marino, Mr. Norman, Mr. Perry, Mr. Posey, Mr. Yoho, Mr. 
 Buck, Mr. Arrington, Mr. Biggs, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Barletta, and Mr. 
    Brat) 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 any alien 
who has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, is 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 ``Criminal Alien Removal Clarification 
Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. CRIMINAL GROUNDS FOR DEPORTABILITY.

    Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1227(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Criminal grounds.--Any alien who, at any time after 
        admission, has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, 
        whether under State or Federal law, is deportable.''.
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