The vast majority of House Democrats eagerly voted against a bill on Wednesday that would make fraud a deportable offense for non-citizens.
Called The Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026, the bill by Republican Rep. Dave Taylor would make “the act of defrauding the United States government or stealing benefits intended for U.S. taxpayers a deportable offense,” according to a press release.
It would specifically target non-citizens committing fraud and make them ineligible to ever re-enter the United States in any sort of legal manner.
I urge my colleagues to vote in support of my Deporting Fraudsters Act today to protect Americans’ taxpayer benefits and hold illegal aliens accountable! pic.twitter.com/S5iiuDjRXN
— Representative Dave Taylor (@RepDaveTaylor) March 18, 2026
“It’s a no-brainer – if an illegal alien defrauds the United States or steals benefits from our nation’s most vulnerable, they should be permanently removed from our country,” Taylor said in a statement.
The bill passed 231-186, with only 20 Democrats voting yes. The other 186 Democrats voted no, while eight additional Democrats skipped voting altogether.
🚨 DISGUSTING! 186 Democrats just voted AGAINST deporting foreigners who DEFRAUD America.
It’s sick. pic.twitter.com/40DCadYpqk
— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) March 18, 2026
Among the excuses trotted out by Democrats after Wednesday’s vote was that the bill would be redundant because non-citizens convicted of fraud are already eligible for deportation.
“Another week, another redundant and completely unnecessary immigration crime bill,” Rep. Jamie Raskin said during a back-and-forth House floor debate, according to Fox News.
He also alleged that the bill would erode the due process rights of legal immigrants by automatically making them eligible for deportation (IF THEY COMMIT FRAUD) without due process.
“By bypassing the conviction requirement, this legislation would hand a liberal get-out-of-jail free card to immigrants who commit fraud by deporting them without going through the criminal justice system and giving their victims a day in court,” Raskin insisted.
House Republicans pushed back hard with their own statements promoting the bill and its repercussions.
Entering this country illegally is already a crime.
Then, to turn taxpayer-funded programs into vehicles for fraud is even worse.
The Deporting Fraudsters Act ensures those who steal from taxpayers are deported.
Republicans are putting the American people first. pic.twitter.com/bfO9HFkwur
— Rep. Claudia Tenney (@RepTenney) March 17, 2026
“American taxpayers are not an ATM for criminal aliens,” House Republican Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain said. “If you come to this country to scam our social safety nets and steal from hardworking families, you shouldn’t get a court date, you should get a one-way ticket out.”
“This bill makes it crystal clear: defraud the American people, and you’re gone. House Republicans are putting an end to the fraud, the abuse, and the war on taxpayers,” she added.
The bill’s passage through the House comes amid an uptick in fraud investigations, particularly those pertaining to illegal aliens in blue states such as Minnesota.
“The Department of Justice is dispatching a team of prosecutors to Minnesota to reinforce our U.S. Attorney’s Office and put the perpetrators of this widespread fraud behind bars,” Attorney General Pam Bondi told Fox News in mid-January.
The fraud was recently discovered by investigative journalist Nick Shirley, who traveled to dozens of Somali-owned daycares in Minneapolis, only to discover that no daycares were present.
🚨 Here is the full 42 minutes of my crew and I exposing Minnesota fraud, this might be my most important work yet. We uncovered over $110,000,000 in ONE day. Like it and share it around like wildfire! Its time to hold these corrupt politicians and fraudsters accountable
We ALL… pic.twitter.com/E3Penx2o7a
— Nick shirley (@nickshirleyy) December 26, 2025
Instead, he found sham nonprofit shells that were being used to collect federal taxpayer money that was then being funneled into the hands of Minnesota’s Somali community, as well as Somalis overseas.
“The Somali fraud rings have sent huge sums in remittances, or money transfers, from Minnesota to Somalia,” journalists Ryan Thorpe and Christopher Rufo reported for City Journal last year.
“[A]n estimated 40 percent of households in Somalia get remittances from abroad. In 2023 alone, the Somali diaspora sent back $1.7 billion—more than the Somali government’s budget for that year,” they added.
Multiple law enforcement sources previously confirmed to Thorpe and Rufo that Minnesota’s large Somali population has specifically been funneling millions of taxpayer funds right into the hands of Al-Shabaab.
An official who worked on the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) bluntly told the pair that “every cent that is sent back to Somalia benefits Al-Shabaab in some way.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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