Sec. 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order
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Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 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. Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of— a crime of domestic violence (as such term is defined in section 237(a)(2)(E)); a crime of stalking; a crime of child abuse, child neglect, or child abandonment; or 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. .
Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended— in subparagraph (E)— in the heading, by striking and inserting crimes against children and ; and and crimes against children in clause (i), by inserting before the period at the end the following , 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 ( ; and 34 U.S.C. 12291(a) ), regardless of whether the jurisdiction receives grant funding under that Act by adding at the end the following:
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. .
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Inadmissibility and deportability related to sex offenses, domestic violence, stalking, child abuse, or violation of protection order
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