Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act

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Summary

Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens ActThis bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (aliens under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable.First, the bill establishes that a non-U.S. national is inadmissible if the individual has admitted to or is convicted of acts constituting the essential elements of stalking, child abuse, child neglect, child abandonment, a sex offense, conspiracy to commit a sex offense, a violation of certain protection orders, or domestic violence (including physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships).  Next, the bill establishes additional grounds for deportation. Under current law, a non-U.S. national is deportable for certain criminal convictions, including domestic violence, stalking, and child abuse. The bill makes any sex offense (including crimes against minors) or conspiracy to commit a sex offense a basis for deportation. The bill also expands the domestic violence crimes that make a non-U.S. national deportable to include physical or sexual abuse or a pattern of coercive behavior when it occurs within certain close relationships.

Source: Congressional Research Service via Congress.gov · as of Jul 11, 2026

How it has moved

1. January 17, 2025Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
2. January 16, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
3. January 16, 2025On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 145 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H191)
4. January 16, 2025Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 274 - 145 (Roll no. 17). (text: CR H191)
5. January 16, 2025On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 206 - 213 (Roll no. 16).
6. January 16, 2025The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
7. January 16, 2025Ms. Moore (WI) moved to recommit to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR H200)
8. January 16, 2025The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
9. January 16, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 30.
10. January 16, 2025Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 5. (consideration: CR H191-201)
11. January 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.