HR 1958
Passed a chamber
Makes noncitizens convicted of certain fraud offenses or unlawful receipt of public benefits inadmissible and deportable, and bars them from immigration relief.
Official title: Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
06-MAR-2025
Referred
06-MAR-2025
Approved by committee
13-JAN-2026
Reported
27-JAN-2026
On the calendar
27-JAN-2026
Passed
18-MAR-2026
Senate
Received
19-MAR-2026
- Covers noncitizens convicted of, or who admit committing acts that are the essential elements of, listed offenses such as SNAP benefit violations, Social Security number fraud, theft or bribery in federally funded programs, identification document fraud, major fraud against the United States, and mail fraud.
- Also covers any other offense involving defrauding the U.S. Government or unlawfully receiving federal, state, or local public benefits, along with conspiracies to commit these offenses.
- Applies the same grounds to both inadmissibility and deportability under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
- Makes covered noncitizens ineligible for any relief under the immigration laws.
Covers an older version. The newest CRS summary describes the bill as of "Reported to House" (27-JAN-2026); the text has changed since (Engrossed in House, 18-MAR-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Judiciary Committee (House)
- Judiciary Committee (Senate)
Immigration
■ 34 R
34 Republicans
- James R. Baird
- Andy Biggs
- Sheri Biggs
- Mike Bost
- Josh Brecheen
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
- Julie Fedorchak
- Randy Feenstra
- Brad Finstad
- Russell Fry
- Brandon Gill
- Mike Haridopolos
- Mark Harris
- Wesley Hunt
- Mike Kennedy
- Robert E. Latta
- Anna Paulina Luna
- Nancy Mace
- Richard McCormick
- Addison P. McDowell
- John J. McGuire
- Mark B. Messmer
- Mary E. Miller
- Barry Moore
- Tim Moore