[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 733 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 733

To clarify that convictions for kidnapping or sexual abuse are grounds 
    for inadmissibility and deportability under the Immigration and 
                            Nationality Act.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 9, 2023

   Mr. Thune (for himself, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Moran) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To clarify that convictions for kidnapping or sexual abuse are grounds 
    for inadmissibility and deportability under the Immigration and 
                            Nationality Act.

    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 ``Reverse Entry for Migrant Offenders 
and Violence Expulsion Act''.

SEC. 2. GROUNDS FOR INADMISSIBILITY.

    Section 212(a)(2)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)(F)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(F) Kidnapping; sexual abuse.--Any alien who has 
                been convicted of--
                            ``(i) any offense under chapter 55 of title 
                        18, United States Code (related to kidnapping); 
                        or
                            ``(ii) any offense under chapter 109A of 
                        such title (related to sexual abuse),
                is inadmissible.''.

SEC. 3. GROUNDS FOR DEPORTATION.

    Section 237(a)(2)(D)(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(D)(i)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``chapter 55 (relating to kidnapping),'' 
        after ``espionage),''; and
            (2) by inserting ``chapter 109A (relating to sexual 
        abuse),'' after ``sabotage),''.
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