Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026

Sponsored by Rep. David J. Taylor (R-OH) · 34 active : 34 Republicans

Latest action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Where it standsPassed House, now in the Senate

Passed House

House: passedMar 18, 2026
Senate: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

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Deporting Fraudsters Act of 2026

This bill makes certain acts related to public benefits fraud grounds for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (

alien

under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the individual. The bill also makes such an individual ineligible for immigration enforcement relief, including relief for an individual in danger of subjection to torture.

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Specifically, this bill applies to individuals who have been convicted of, admit to having committed, or admit to acts which constitute certain offenses. Offenses covered by this bill include (1) fraud involving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, (2) fraud involving Social Security benefits, (3) fraud involving programs that receive federal funds, and (4) the production of fraudulent identification documents.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

House

On PassagePassed231 yea, 186 nayMarch 18, 2026 · Roll call 94

How members in each band voted on this House vote, by their projection before the vote
BandBand before the vote	VotedVoted yea or nay	BrokeBroke with party	Share
Swing	50	16	32%
Middle	196	4	2%
Entrenched	169	0	0%
All

Committees and subjects

Committees

House Committee on the Judiciary · HouseReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReferred to

Subjects

Border security and unlawful immigration
Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
Fraud offenses and financial crimes
Immigrant health and welfare
Immigration status and procedures

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

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Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

45Swing 70–100
197Middle 30–70
189Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 23.5 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 1958 · Mar 18, 2026 · Roll call 454On PassageDeporting Fraudsters Act
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 4638 · Mar 19, 2026 · Roll call 456On PassageBOWOW Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3486 · Sep 11, 2025 · Roll call 263On PassageStop Illegal Entry Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
S. 5 · Jan 22, 2025 · Roll call 22On PassageLaken Riley Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 29 · Jan 7, 2025 · Roll call 5On PassageLaken Riley Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 5717 · Sep 20, 2024 · Roll call 1155On PassageNo Bailout for Sanctuary Cities Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.Res. 1112 · May 1, 2024 · Roll call 894On Agreeing to the ResolutionDenouncing the Biden administration’s immigration policies
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 7511 · Mar 7, 2024 · Roll call 784On PassageLaken Riley Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0

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H.R. 6678 · Jan 31, 2024 · Roll call 745On PassageConsequences for Social Security Fraud Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 6678 · Jan 31, 2024 · Roll call 744On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 3941 · Jul 19, 2023 · Roll call 339On PassageSchools Not Shelters Act
PassedShared subjects×1.0
S. 2 · Jun 9, 2026 · Roll call 574On PassageSecure America Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Cosponsors

34 active

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Brad Finstad (R-MN-1)
Brandon Gill (R-TX-26)
Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24)
Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2)
John W. Rose (R-TN-6)
Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8)
Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8)
Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3)
Nancy Mace (R-SC-1)
Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5)
Robert F. Onder (R-MO-3)
Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3)
Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5)
Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6)
Richard McCormick (R-GA-7)
Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2)
John J. McGuire (R-VA-5)
Mark Harris

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.