- No clear beneficiaries surfaced yet.
Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
<p><strong>Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act</strong></p><p>This bill establishes certain criminal grounds for making non-U.S. nationals (<em>aliens </em>under federal law) inadmissible and expands the crimes for which a non-U.S. national is deportable.</p><p>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). </p><p>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.
This bill has already passed one chamber, which is a stronger signal than introduction alone but still leaves another major hurdle ahead.
How solid the drafting looks.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
- No clear downsides surfaced yet.
Why the argument around this bill splits.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The path through Congress.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
This bill has already passed one chamber, which is a stronger signal than introduction alone but still leaves another major hurdle ahead.
- The next hurdle is reproducing that support in the other chamber.
Recent votes on the bill.
Passed
On Passage
Failed
On Motion to Recommit
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The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
This bill has already passed one chamber, which is a stronger signal than introduction alone but still leaves another major hurdle ahead.
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