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This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to expand grounds for inadmissibility and deportability for non-citizens who commit certain types of fraud. Specifically, the bill makes an alien (non-citizen) inadmissible or deportable if they have been convicted of, admitted to committing, or admitted to acts constituting fraud related to Social Security account numbers or cards, identification documents, or certain COVID-19 related financial fraud. The COVID-related fraud includes fraudulent actions involving specific pandemic-era loan programs from the Small Business Act and grants from the American Rescue Plan Act and Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act. Under this legislation, if a non-citizen is found to have committed these types of fraud, they can be denied entry into the United States or be subject to removal from the country. The bill aims to create stricter consequences for non-citizens who engage in Social Security and identification document fraud, as well as fraudulent activities related to COVID-19 financial assistance programs.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/174/all-info