Fraud Accountability Act

New fraud grounds for removal and denaturalization

This bill would make any noncitizen convicted of fraud against a private person, fund, company, or the government deportable. It would say this applies even if the usual fraud-loss threshold for aggravated felonies is not met. The bill would add that fraud category to the list that can trigger mandatory immigration detention. It would require courts to revoke a naturalized U.S. citizen’s citizenship and cancel their certificate if the citizen is convicted of the listed offenses, and it gives those courts jurisdiction notwithstanding 28 U.S.C. 1331. The bill would take effect on enactment and the denaturalization rule would reach fraud committed on or after September 30, 1996 if the person was not arrested, charged, or indicted before enactment.