Congress expands deportation to cover any felony or two misdemeanors
H.R. 6057 — Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2025 · Filed by Paul Gosar (R-AZ) · 23 cosponsors · Introduced Nov 17, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill amends immigration law to make any non-citizen deportable if they have been convicted of any felony or any two misdemeanors at any time after entering the U.S., regardless of the severity or nature of those crimes. Currently, deportation is tied to specific categories of crimes (drug offenses, crimes of violence, etc.); this bill expands it to cover virtually any criminal conviction.
Why we flagged it
The bill's sole operative mechanism is to broaden the criminal grounds for deportability under existing immigration law. It is a straightforward policy expansion, not a procedural or technical amendment.
What the text implies
- Two misdemeanors—even minor ones (traffic violations, disorderly conduct, petty theft)—trigger deportability, potentially removing individuals who have lived in the U.S. for decades and have U.S.-born children.
- The provision applies retroactively to convictions 'at any time after admission,' meaning individuals convicted years or decades ago under prior law may become newly deportable.
- No distinction is made between misdemeanors involving moral turpitude and minor regulatory violations, potentially sweeping in low-level offenses never intended as deportation triggers.
- Removal of working-age immigrants may disrupt labor markets, family structures, and tax bases in communities with significant immigrant populations.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill expands deportation grounds to cover any felony or two misdemeanors, potentially removing long-term residents, workers, and family members for minor offenses. Citizens with non-citizen family members, employers relying on immigrant workers, and communities with immigrant populations face disruption. The breadth of the provision—covering any misdemeanor, including low-level offenses—creates instability and removes discretion from immigration judges.
Named in the bill
Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 237(a)(2), U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), U.S. Immigration Courts
Where it stands
23 cosponsors: 23 Republicans.
- Nov 17, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Nov 17, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 lobbying clients named this bill on 1 disclosure filings across 1 quarter, Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. Those filings disclosed $36,515 in lobbying spend. A filing names 14 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.
More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.
Paul Gosar, the sponsor, reported $87,570 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.
- Federation for American Immigration Reform — $36,515 on 1 filing
Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jan 14, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (414 characters) on Aug 18, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,222 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Dec 2025 to Dec 2025. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jan 14, 2026 · page rendered 2026-10-20.
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