Consequences for Social Security Fraud Act

In Plain Language

This bill makes it so that non-U.S. citizens convicted of or who admit to committing Social Security fraud, identity document fraud, or COVID-19 relief fraud can be barred from entering the U.S. or deported if they're already here. It adds these specific fraud crimes to the list of offenses that can trigger removal from the country.

Official Congressional Research Service summary

Consequences for Social Security Fraud ActThis bill adds additional criminal offences to the grounds upon which a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) may be barred from admission into the United States or deported. Specifically, an individual who has been convicted of, or admits to committing, Social Security fraud, identification document fraud, or fraud related to COVID-19 financial assistance programs is inadmissible or deportable under the bill.