Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2019

Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2019

This bill subjects to deportation an alien who at any time after admission has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors under state or federal law. Currently, an alien is subject to deportation for a single conviction for certain felonies (such as an aggravated felony), two or more convictions for crimes involving moral turpitude, or being a drug addict.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2989 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2989

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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 23, 2019

   Mr. Gosar (for himself, Mr. Babin, Mr. Budd, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. 
Duncan, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Norman, Mr. Perry, Mr. McClintock, 
and Mr. Biggs) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
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,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Criminal Alien Removal Clarification 
Act of 2019''.

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.''.
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