How HR 134 changes current law

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The bill adds provisions for the detention, inadmissibility, and deportability of aliens who commit sexual assault.

• 8 U.S.C. 1226(c)(1)

  (E)(i) is inadmissible under section 212(a)(6)(A) or (C) or under section 212(a)(7); and (ii) is charged with, arrested for, convicted of, admits having committed, or admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)),

  This addition specifies that aliens charged or convicted of sexual assault are to be detained.

• 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)

  (J) Sexual assault.--Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)), is inadmissible.

  This provision makes any alien convicted or admitting to sexual assault inadmissible for entry into the United States.

• 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)

  (G) Sexual assault.--Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving sexual assault (as such term is defined in section 214(d)(3)(A)), is deportable.

  This provision establishes that aliens convicted of sexual assault can be deported.