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House Judiciary Committee advances bill to speed removal of noncitizens accused of benefit fraud after heated debate
Summary
The House Judiciary Committee voted to report H.R.1958, the Reporting Fraudsters Act, after contentious debate over whether the bill allows deportation without a criminal conviction and an unsuccessful amendment tying its effective date to cooperation on the Minneapolis ICE shooting investigation.
The House Judiciary Committee on the morning calendar advanced H.R.1958, the Reporting Fraudsters Act, by adopting an amendment in the nature of a substitute and ordering the bill reported favorably to the House.
The measure, sponsored in part by members who pointed to alleged large-scale benefit fraud uncovered in Minnesota, would create grounds of inadmissibility and removability for noncitizens who are convicted of, or admit to, certain federal fraud offenses or unlawful receipt of federal, state, or local public benefits. Supporters said the bill will shorten protracted removal cases that can take years.
‘‘If you admit to or are convicted of fraudulently receiving public benefits, you are out of here on the next plane and can never return,’’ Rep. McClintock said in his opening remarks defending the substitute…
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