March 18, 2026 · House · RC 94

Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026

House Bill, H.R. 1958

What it did

The Deporting Fraudsters Act, sponsored by Rep. David Taylor (R-OH), adds a new deportation ground to the Immigration and Nationality Act: anyone without US citizenship who is convicted of defrauding the United States or of unlawfully receiving public benefits (from SNAP to Social Security to any federally funded program), along with producing a false identification document, becomes inadmissible and deportable.

There is no dollar threshold and no time limit, so a small or decades-old plea qualifies. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) argued the bill is redundant because benefit fraud is already a deportable offense under current law; what the bill adds is reach into minor and old cases. For a household where some members are US citizens (usually the children) and others are not, that reach lands on the children.

A yes vote created the new ground. A no vote kept the current law.

The House passed it 231-186 on March 18, 2026.

At the time of this vote, at least 30 people had died in ICE custody in 2025, the most since 2004.

Result: Passed 231-186

At the time of this vote: 3,800+ children booked into ICE detention in the first nine months of 2025 (AP analysis of Deportation Data Project records); 300+ children held at Dilley past the 20-day Flores limit; at least 30 deaths in ICE custody in 2025, the most since 2004

The humane vote: No (NAY)

Official roll-call record

Members in this record who voted inhumanely (227)

Members in this record who voted humanely (182)