October 3, 2024 - WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee,has joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to deport illegal immigrants convicted of sexual offenses. The legislation follows recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data revealing more than 15,000 illegal immigrants convicted of sexual assault currently reside in the U.S. outside of ICE custody. 

“Sexual violence has no place in America,” Grassley said. “The Biden-Harris administration’s open border policies have allowed criminals to enter our country and threaten the safety of our communities. I’m fighting to uphold the law and protect American citizens.” 

“These violent criminals never would have entered America in the first place if we had real border security, but now that they’re in our communities, they need to BE GONE,” Ernst said. “Since Border Czar Kamala Harris won’t protect this country, then I will. My legislation will combat sexual violence by ensuring predators are identified, stopped and deported.” 

Download bill text HERE. 

Background: 

The Better Enforcement of Grievous Offenses by Unnaturalized Emigrants (BE GONE) Act would classify sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence as “aggravated felonies” under the Immigration and Nationality Act. Migrants convicted of “aggravated felonies” are subject to immediate deportation and barred from reentering the U.S.  

Grassley continues to push back against the Biden-Harris administration’s open border policies. He is cosponsoring legislation requiring ICE to arrest, detain and deport criminal migrants, and has also worked to root out abuse of the immigration parole program and reform the Biden-Harris program endangering migrant children. Further, he’s sounded the alarm on the Department of Homeland Security’s unlawful failures to collect DNA from illegal immigrants at the border.
Source: Senator Chuck Grassley