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EXCLUSIVE: The House is set to vote next week on a bill that would order the deportation of illegal immigrants convicted of sex crimes.
The legislation received enthusiastic support just days ago from billionaire Elon Musk, who criticized Democrats who previously opposed it.
The Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act was first introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace, RS.C., last year and passed the House with bipartisan support. All Republican lawmakers voted in favor of the bill, along with 51 House Democrats.
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Elon Musk is backing a bill by Rep. Nancy Mace to deport migrants convicted of sex crimes (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Because the previous ones did not assume it Senate controlled by Democratshowever, Mace reintroduced the bill on Friday to start the process again in the new 119th Congress.
“Let’s get this passed by both houses of Congress,” Mace wrote on social media over the weekend.
Two sources told Fox News Digital that House Republican leaders intend to hold another vote next week, which will come just days before President-elect Trump’s inauguration.
It’s one of several border security and other conservative policy bills introduced by House Republicans on Friday, the first day of the 119th Congress.
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Mace previously introduced the bill last year. (Getty Images)
Over the weekend, Musk called out challengers to Democrats who voted against the bill in September.
“There is no excuse. Please post the list of people who opposed this law and want to keep convicted sex offenders illegal in the United States,” Musk wrote on X in response to an influencer conservative who discussed the bill. “They all need to be voted out of office. Every single one of them.”
GOP lawmakers signal they don’t want to waste time enacting their agenda after November’s election saw Republicans retain the House while taking the White House and Senate.
Former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer never took up the bill. (Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)
In addition to Mace returning the bill, Reps. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and Mike Collins, R-Ga., also they reintroduced their own legislation which passed the House last year but did not see a vote in the Senate.
Roy introduced a bill mandating proof of citizenship in the voter registration process, while Collins is spearheading legislation to order federal immigration authorities to issue detainers and take custody of illegal aliens who commit theft-related crimes, such as theft, as defined by states and localities. law
The latter bill is expected to be up for another vote in the House this week.
