How HR 30 changes current law

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The bill expands the categories of aliens who are inadmissible and deportable by including those convicted of sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violations of protection orders.

• 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)

  (J) Sex offenses.--Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible.

  Adds sex offenses as a ground for inadmissibility for aliens.

• 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)

  (K) Domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order.--Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of-- (i) a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)); (ii) a crime of stalking; (iii) a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; or (iv) a crime of violating the portion of a protection order (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)) that involves protection against credible threats of violence, repeated harassment, or bodily injury to the person or persons for whom the protection order was issued, is inadmissible.

  Adds domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, and violation of protection order as grounds for inadmissibility.

• 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)

  crimes against children and → and crimes against children

  Clarifies the text relating to crimes against children in the deportability provisions.

• 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)

  , and includes any crime that constitutes domestic violence, as such term is defined in section 40002(a) of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 12291(a)), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act

  Expands basis for deportability to include domestic violence.

• 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)

  (G) Sex offenses.--Any alien who has been convicted of a sex offense (as such term is defined in section 111(5) of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 (34 U.S.C. 20911(5))) or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable.

  Adds sex offenses as a ground for deportability for aliens.