Rep. Nancy Mace’s (R-S.C.) invoice titled “Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act” handed in a 274-145 vote Thursday with greater than 1 / 4 of Democrats voting in assist.
The brand new laws seeks to deem immigrants missing everlasting authorized standing who’ve dedicated intercourse offenses or home violence as “inadmissible” and “deportable,” and 61 Democrats supported the invoice.
Former Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) voted in favor of the measure alongside fellow Democratic California Reps. Adam Grey, George Whitesides, Derek Tran, Eric Swalwell, Jimmy Panetta, Mike Levin and Josh Tougher.
The Golden State rests on the southern border and is commonly a touchdown website for immigrants who enter the nation via Mexico. That is the second time Mace launched the invoice, which initially handed within the 118th Congress and was despatched to the Senate Judiciary Committee for evaluation.
“This legislation sends a strong message: if you are an illegal who has committed acts of violence against women, you will not find sanctuary here,” the South Carolina consultant stated when introducing the invoice for the primary time.
The invoice’s passage observe Home Republicans’ profitable push for the Laken Riley Act, which would require detention of migrants arrested for theft.
