119-hr31

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 31 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 31

To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, 
 and for other purposes.

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 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

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 A BILL

To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, 
 and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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''.

SEC. 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.''.

SEC. 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) ).
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