Mandatory Permanent Ban and Deportation for Child Care Fraud.
This bill establishes severe penalties for child care providers who commit fraud involving federal funds, ensuring greater accountability and protection of taxpayer money. Providers found guilty of fraud face permanent exclusion from all federal child care assistance programs and mandatory referral for criminal investigation. Furthermore, the law significantly tightens immigration rules, making non-citizen providers who commit fraud deportable and ineligible for legal status or asylum.
Key points
Permanent Ban: Child care providers proven to have committed fraud (e.g., falsifying enrollment or licensing) are permanently barred from receiving any federal child care subsidies.
Mandatory Criminal Referral: Findings of fraud must be referred to the Attorney General for Federal criminal investigation and potential prosecution.
Immigration Consequences: Non-citizen providers permanently debarred due to fraud become inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for asylum or adjustment of status in the U.S.
Retroactive Application: Immigration provisions related to fraud apply retroactively to conduct committed since September 30, 1996, if the alien has not yet been charged.
Status:
Introduced
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