Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 12
- Latest action
- May 8, 2025
What it does
The Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act would amend federal law to assert jurisdiction over murders committed by certain inadmissible or deportable aliens, allowing federal prosecution regardless of where the crime occurs. It applies to aliens who are inadmissible under specific immigration grounds (such as criminal convictions or immigration fraud) or deportable for certain criminal offenses, and who commit first- or second-degree murder. First-degree murder by such aliens would be punishable by death or life imprisonment, while second-degree murder would carry a prison term of any length up to life. The bill was introduced in the House and referred to the Committee on the…
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