HR 1958: Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026

IB Union Calendar No. 400 119 TH CONGRESS 2 D S ESSION H. R. 1958 [Report No. 119–467] To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or the unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES M ARCH 6, 2025 Mr. T AYLOR (for himself, Ms. T ENNEY, Mr. S CHMIDT, Ms. M ACE, Mr. O NDER, Mr. M ESSMER, Mr. L ATTA, Mr. K ENNEDY of Utah, Mrs. B IGGS of South Carolina, Mr. G ILL of Texas, Mr. R OSE, Mr. H ARIDOPOLOS, and Mr. F INSTAD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary J ANUARY 27, 2026 Additional sponsors: Mr. B IGGS of Arizona, Mr. R ULLI, Mr. M C C ORMICK, Mr. B RECHEEN, Mr. M C G UIRE, Mr. H ARRIS of North Carolina, Mr. B AIRD, Mr. M C D OWELL, Mr. M OORE of North Carolina, Mr. F RY, Ms. V AN D UYNE, Ms. F EDORCHAK, Mr. H UNT, Mr. S TUTZMAN, Mrs. L UNA, Mr. F EENSTRA, Mr. B OST, Mr. C ARTER of Georgia, Mr. M OORE of Alabama, Mrs. M ILLER of Illinois, Mr. T IFFANY, and Mr. P FLUGER J ANUARY 27, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 6, 2025] VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:36 Jan 27, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1958.RH H1958 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB

2 • HR 1958 RH A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who have been convicted of defrauding the United States Government or the unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmissible and deportable. VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:36 Jan 27, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6652 E:\BILLS\H1958.RH H1958 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB

3 • HR 1958 RH Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Deporting Fraudsters 4 Act of 2026’’. 5 SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 6 TO DEFRAUDING THE UNITED STATES GOV- 7 ERNMENT OR THE UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF 8 PUBLIC BENEFITS. 9 (a) I NADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Immi- 10 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 11 amended by adding at the end the following: 12 ‘‘(J) D EFRAUDING THE UNITED STATES 13 GOVERNMENT OR THE UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF 14 PUBLIC BENEFITS.—Any alien who has been con- 15 victed of, who admits having committed, or who 16 admits committing acts which constitute the es- 17 sential elements of— 18 ‘‘(i) an offense described in section 15 19 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 20 U.S.C. 2024) (relating to violations of Sup- 21 plemental Nutrition Assistance Program 22 benefits); 23 ‘‘(ii) an offense described in section 24 208 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:36 Jan 27, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1958.RH H1958 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB

4 • HR 1958 RH 408) (relating to fraud involving social se- 1 curity account numbers or social security 2 cards); 3 ‘‘(iii) an offense described in section 4 666 of title 18, United States Code (relating 5 to theft or bribery concerning programs re- 6 ceiving Federal funds); 7 ‘‘(iv) an offense described in section 8 1028 of title 18, United States Code (relat- 9 ing to fraud and related activity in connec- 10 tion with identification documents, authen- 11 tication features, and information); 12 ‘‘(v) an offense described in section 13 1031 of title 18, United States Code (relat- 14 ing to major fraud against the United 15 States); 16 ‘‘(vi) an offense described under chap- 17 ter 63 of title 18, United States Code (relat- 18 ing to mail fraud and other fraud offenses); 19 ‘‘(vii) an offense described in section 20 371 of title 18, United States Code (relating 21 to conspiracy to commit offense or to de- 22 fraud United States); 23 ‘‘(viii) any other offense that involves 24 defrauding the United States Government 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:36 Jan 27, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1958.RH H1958 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB

5 • HR 1958 RH or the unlawful receipt of a Federal public 1 benefit (as such term is defined in section 2 401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and 3 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 4 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611) or a State or local 5 public benefit (as such term is defined in 6 section 411(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621)); 7 or 8 ‘‘(ix) a conspiracy to commit an of- 9 fense described in clause (i) through (viii), 10 is inadmissible.’’. 11 (b) D EPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Immi- 12 gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 13 amended by adding at the end the following: 14 ‘‘(G) D EFRAUDING THE UNITED STATES 15 GOVERNMENT OR THE UNLAWFUL RECEIPT OF 16 PUBLIC BENEFITS.—Any alien who has been con- 17 victed of, who admits having committed, or who 18 admits committing acts which constitute the es- 19 sential elements of— 20 ‘‘(i) an offense described in section 15 21 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 22 U.S.C. 2024) (relating to violations of Sup- 23 plemental Nutrition Assistance Program 24 benefits); 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:36 Jan 27, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1958.RH H1958 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB

6 • HR 1958 RH ‘‘(ii) an offense described in section 1 208 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 2 408) (relating to fraud involving social se- 3 curity account numbers or social security 4 cards); 5 ‘‘(iii) an offense described in section 6 666 of title 18, United States Code (relating 7 to theft or bribery concerning programs re- 8 ceiving Federal funds); 9 ‘‘(iv) an offense described in section 10 1028 of title 18, United States Code (relat- 11 ing to fraud and related activity in connec- 12 tion with identification documents, authen- 13 tication features, and information); 14 ‘‘(v) an offense described in section 15 1031 of title 18, United States Code (relat- 16 ing to major fraud against the United 17 States); 18 ‘‘(vi) an offense described under chap- 19 ter 63 of title 18, United States Code (relat- 20 ing to mail fraud and other fraud offenses); 21 ‘‘(vii) an offense described in section 22 371 of title 18, United States Code (relating 23 to conspiracy to commit offense or to de- 24 fraud United States); 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:36 Jan 27, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1958.RH H1958 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB

7 • HR 1958 RH ‘‘(viii) any other offense that involves 1 defrauding the United States Government 2 or the unlawful receipt of a Federal public 3 benefit (as such term is defined in section 4 401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and 5 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 6 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611)) or a State or local 7 public benefit (as such term is defined in 8 section 411(c) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1621)); 9 or 10 ‘‘(ix) a conspiracy to commit an of- 11 fense described in clause (i) through (viii), 12 is deportable.’’. 13 (c) I NELIGIBILITY FOR A NY I MMIGRATION R ELIEF.— 14 Any alien described in subparagraph (J) of section 15 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 16 U.S.C. 1128(a)(2)(J)) or subparagraph (G) of section 17 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 18 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) shall be ineligible for any relief under 19 the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 20 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 21 1101)), including under section 2242 of the Omnibus Con- 22 solidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations 23 Act, 1999 (112 Stat. 2681). 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:36 Jan 27, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6203 E:\BILLS\H1958.RH H1958 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB

Union Calendar No. 400 119 TH CONGRESS 2 D S ESSION H. R. 1958 [Report No. 119–467] A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify that aliens who have been convicted of de- frauding the United States Government or the unlawful receipt of public benefits are inadmis- sible and deportable. J ANUARY 27, 2026 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com- mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:36 Jan 27, 2026 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H1958.RH H1958 kjohnson on DSK7ZCZBW3PROD with $$_JOB