H.R. 1958 would make an alien (a non-U.S. national) inadmissible to or deportable from the United States if that person admits to or is convicted of crimes involving defrauding the United States government or the unlawful receipt of a federal, state, or local public benefit.
Under current law, a crime involving fraud can be deemed to be a crime involving moral turpitude; the admission of or conviction for such a crime makes an alien inadmissible or, in certain cases, deportable. Therefore, CBO expects that only a few people would be removed from the United States based solely on enacting this bill. Because some of those aliens might be eligible for federal benefits—some of which are provided through income tax credits—CBO estimates that enacting the bill would decrease spending subject to appropriation and direct spending and increase revenues by an insignificant amount over the 2026-2035 period.
The CBO staff contact for this estimate is David Rafferty. The estimate was reviewed by H. Samuel Papenfuss, Deputy Director of Budget Analysis.
