Fraud Accountability Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill would increase the immigration consequences of fraud convictions. It would make any fraud conviction a deportable offense regardless of the dollar amount involved, add related detention consequences, and make a new denaturalization rule applicable to certain fraud conduct going back to September 30, 1996.
Who Benefits and How
Immigration enforcement officials and prosecutors would gain broader authority to pursue removal and related consequences for fraud offenses. Supporters of stronger fraud penalties could also view the bill as increasing leverage against offenders who use immigration or naturalization status as a shield.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Noncitizens convicted of fraud could become deportable even when the loss amount is below the current aggravated-felony threshold. Naturalized citizens convicted of covered deportable offenses could also face denaturalization consequences, and the bill makes that denaturalization change applicable to some older fraud conduct.
Key Provisions
- Makes fraud convictions a deportable offense even when they do not meet the current aggravated-felony loss threshold
- Triggers related detention consequences by adding the new fraud ground into the mandatory-detention cross-reference
- Requires denaturalization consequences for naturalized citizens convicted of covered deportable offenses
- Applies the denaturalization change to certain fraud conduct committed on or after September 30, 1996
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Expands immigration penalties for fraud by making fraud convictions a deportable offense regardless of loss amount, adding mandatory detention consequences, and applying a new denaturalization rule to certain post-1996 fraud conduct.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Criminal Justice, Citizenship
Primary Purpose
Expands immigration penalties for fraud by making fraud convictions a deportable offense regardless of loss amount, adding mandatory detention consequences, and applying a new denaturalization rule to certain post-1996 fraud conduct.
Policy Domains
Fraud-Based Deportation and Denaturalization Consequences
Identified Gains
- Immigration enforcement and prosecutors seeking broader fraud-related removal tools
- Victims of fraud seeking stronger immigration consequences for offenders
Identified Costs
- Noncitizens convicted of fraud offenses
- Naturalized citizens exposed to retroactive denaturalization consequences for covered fraud conduct
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Blackburn (for herself, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Budd, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Naturalized citizens with qualifying post-1996 fraud conduct covered by the bill's retroactive applicability rule, Noncitizens convicted of fraud offenses
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "courts"
- → United States courts
- "immigration_authorities"
- → Federal immigration authorities
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