American Citizenship Integrity Act

This bill would create a new federal crime for knowingly recruiting, transporting, or harboring a non-citizen (other than a green card holder) to enter the United States with the intent of getting U.S. citizenship for their child through birth in the country. The penalty would be up to 15 years in prison, or up to 30 years plus property forfeiture for schemes involving 3 or more such non-citizens and 3 or more people. The bill would bar entry to anyone an official determines is seeking, or has sought, to enter for this purpose, and would treat a conviction or admission of these offenses by a naturalized citizen as grounds to revoke their citizenship. It would also set up a federal task force led by the Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security that reports to Congress each year, and require an assistant U.S. attorney in each judicial district to coordinate these cases.

Full text and official record on Congress.gov

Sponsors

• Nancy Mace Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors