118th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed Social Security fraud are inadmissible and deportable.
December 7, 2023
Mr. McClintock introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed Social Security fraud are inadmissible and deportable.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act”.
SEC. 2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to Social Security fraud.
(a) Inadmissibility.—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:
“(J) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD.—Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of an offense under section 208 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) (relating to social security account numbers or social security cards), an offense under section 1028 of title 18, United States Code (relating to fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is inadmissible.”.
(b) Deportability.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(G) SOCIAL SECURITY FRAUD.—Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of an offense under section 208 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 408) (relating to social security account numbers or social security cards), an offense under section 1028 of title 18, United States Code (relating to fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, is deportable.”.