H.R. 31

119 HR 31 IH: Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-03
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 31  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 3, 2025   Mr. Garbarino  (for himself,  Mrs. Houchin ,  Ms. Tenney ,  Ms. Malliotakis ,  Mr. Feenstra , and  Mr. Nunn of Iowa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2025   or the   POLICE Act of 2025  .
2.
Assault of law enforcement officer
Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
(G)
Assault of law enforcement officer
(i)
In general
Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving assault of a law enforcement officer is deportable.
(ii)
Circumstances
The circumstances referred to in clause (i) are that the law enforcement officer was assaulted—
(I)
while he or she was engaged in the performance of his or her official duties;
(II)
because of the performance of his or her official duties; or
(III)
because of his or her status as a law enforcement officer.
(iii)
Definitions
In this subparagraph—
(I)
the term  assault  has the meaning given that term in the jurisdiction where the act occurred; and
(II)
the term  law enforcement officer  is a person authorized by law—
(aa)
to engage in or supervise the prevention, detention, investigation, or prosecution, or the incarceration of any person for any criminal violation of law;
(bb)
to apprehend, arrest, or prosecute an individual for any criminal violation of law; or
(cc)
to be a firefighter or other first responder.
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3.
Report on aliens deported for assaulting a law enforcement officer
On an annual basis, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Homeland Security a report on the number of aliens who were deported during the previous year under section 237(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(G) ).