Washington, D.C. – Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-01) released the following statement after voting to support Congresswoman Nancy Mace’s (R-SC-01) Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, which passed the House on Thursday:
“Over the last four years, Americans have witnessed the severity of an Administration complacent in addressing our southern border. Time and time again, we have dealt with the reality that our borders are being overrun, our communities are no longer safe, and our government does more to protect illegal aliens than its own citizens.
“I am proud of the passage of H.R. 30, the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act, because it creates a ground of inadmissibility for aliens who are convicted of, admit to having committed, or admit to committing acts that constitute the essential elements of a sex offense as defined under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. By creating new grounds of inadmissibility and removability and expanding current grounds for aliens who commit sex offenses and domestic violence offenses, H.R. 30 produces safer streets for every American, prevents new victims from being targeted, and allows for such criminal aliens to be removed from the United States.”
"No family should endure the heartbreak the families of Laken Riley, Mollie Tibbetts, Karina Vetrano, and Maddie Hines have experienced. Every woman and every girl deserves to feel safe in their own community,” said Congresswoman Mace. “The radical left doesn’t agree with this. 145 liberals in Congress love illegal immigrant rapists and murder.. House Republicans united to expand protections for women and put the safety of Americans first.”
“This isn’t complicated—keeping criminal illegal aliens out of our country and off our streets is just common sense,” Congresswoman Mace continued. “Women should be able to walk down the street without fear, and families should feel safe in their own neighborhoods.”
Background:
Introduced by Congresswoman Mace, this legislation amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make illegal immigrants who are convicted of, who admit having committed, or who admit committing sex offenses or domestic violence inadmissible and deportable from the United States.
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