Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2025
Latest action · Nov 17, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedNov 17, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 24
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 17, 2025 to Nov 9, 2026; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TN | Andrew Ogles | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-TX | Brian Babin | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-FL | Byron Donalds | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-TX | Chip Roy | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-AZ | Elijah Crane | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-TX | Jodey C. Arrington | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-NC | Mark Harris | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-TX | Randy K. Weber, Sr. | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-TX | Troy E. Nehls | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-TX | Wesley Hunt | Original | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R-GA | Andrew S. Clyde | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Keith Self | Nov 18, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Beth Van Duyne | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Brandon Gill | Nov 9, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 17, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2025Introduced in House
- Nov 17, 2025Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 193, November 17, 2025, pages H4706, H4705.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that any alien who has been convicted of a felony or two misdemeanors, is deportable, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Criminal Alien Removal Clarification Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Immigration.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.