Bills · S 3606
IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS
Senate BillS 3606Immigration
Fraud Accountability Act
INTRO JAN 8· LAST ACTION JAN 8
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WHAT THE BILL DOES
AI-writtenVoters should care about this bill because it broadens the scope of who can be deported from the U.S. and, more fundamentally, who can lose their American citizenship. If this bill becomes law, a naturalized citizen who commits fraud could face not only criminal penalties but also the loss of their citizenship, a consequence currently reserved for very specific circumstances like misrepresenting information during the naturalization process itself. This would mean that a status many view as permanent could be revoked for a wider range of post-naturalization criminal convictions.
This bill reflects a significant shift in how the U.S. government would treat certain criminal offenses committed by non-citizens and naturalized citizens. It could lead to a substantial increase in deportations and denaturalization proceedings, impacting families and communities across the country. If it doesn't become law, the current thresholds for fraud to be a deportable offense would remain, and the power to revoke naturalized citizenship would stay with specific federal courts and typically require different grounds than post-naturalization criminal convictions.
KEY PROVISIONS
4AI-extractedPROVISION 01
Any conviction for a crime involving fraud makes an alien deportable, regardless of the amount of money lost due to the fraud.
This lowers the bar for deporting non-citizens for fraud, potentially increasing the number of deportations.
PROVISION 02
Aliens convicted of fraud offenses are subject to mandatory detention during their deportation proceedings.
This means individuals accused of fraud could be held in custody without bond while their case is decided, even for lesser fraud offenses.
PROVISION 03
Any court that convicts a naturalized U.S. citizen of a deportable offense (including the newly added fraud offense) gains the power to revoke that person's citizenship.
This significantly expands the grounds and judicial authority for taking away the U.S. citizenship of naturalized citizens after they have committed a crime.
PROVISION 04
The ability to revoke citizenship for fraud applies to crimes committed on or after September 30, 1996, if the individual was not arrested, charged, or indicted for that fraud before the bill's enactment.
This provision gives the denaturalization measure a retroactive application for specific fraud cases, potentially affecting past conduct.
SPONSORSHIP
1 + 17
R· Tennessee
YRS IN OFFICE
23
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143
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DEM 0 REP 17 IND 0
ACTION TIMELINE
2 EVENTSJAN 8
Introduced in Senate
JAN 8
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
BILL INFO
TypeSenate Bill
NumberS 3606
Congress119th
StatusIn Committee
IntroducedJan 8, 2026
Last actionJan 8, 2026
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IN COMMITTEE· 119TH CONGRESS · JUDICIARY COMMITTEE · INTRODUCED JAN 8, 2026
Senate BillS 3606Immigration
Fraud Accountability Act
INTRODUCED JAN 8, 2026· LAST ACTION JAN 8, 2026
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READING
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COSPONSORS
17
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