This bill changes immigration and citizenship rules about fraud. It adds a new deportation ground so any noncitizen convicted of a crime involving fraud against a private person, fund, corporation, or government entity is deportable, regardless of a previous fraud loss threshold. It amends the mandatory detention rule so some people convicted of fraud are held in detention while removal proceedings occur. It also requires that when a United States naturalized citizen is convicted of a criminal offense described in the deportation section, the court that enters the conviction must cancel that person’s certificate of naturalization and set aside the naturalization order. The bill gives United States courts concurrent jurisdiction to take those denaturalization actions. The bill would take effect on enactment. The denaturalization changes apply to fraud conduct committed on or after September 30, 1996, if the person was not arrested, charged, or indicted before the enactment date.
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The bill text and sponsor list show its purpose: to make fraud convictions a deportable offense, to require detention in certain cases, and to let courts cancel naturalization certificates at the time of conviction. The sponsors introduced the measure to achieve those outcomes.
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