115th CONGRESS 2d Session |
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.
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
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,
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.”.