119-hr594

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 594 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

<DOC>

119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 594

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
detention of certain aliens who commit assault against law enforcement 
 officers.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 January 21, 2025

 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on the Judiciary

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the 
detention of certain aliens who commit assault against law enforcement 
 officers.

 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 ``Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who 
Assault Cops Act''.

SEC. 2. DETENTION OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO COMMIT ASSAULT AGAINST LAW 
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

 

Section 236
            (c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1226
            (c) ) is amended--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by 
 striking ``Attorney General'' and inserting ``Secretary 
 of Homeland Security'';
        (B) in subparagraph
            (C) , by striking ``, or'' and 
 inserting a comma;
            (C) in subparagraph
            (D) , by adding ``or'' at the 
 end; and
            (D) by inserting after subparagraph
            (D) the 
 following:
 ``
        (E)
            (i) is inadmissible under 

section 212

    (a)

    (6)
        (A) or
            (C) or under 

section 212

    (a)

    (7) ; and
 ``
            (ii) is charged with, arrested for, convicted of, 
 admits having committed, or admits committing acts 
 which constitute the essential elements of any offense 
 involving assault of a law enforcement officer,'';

    (2) by redesignating paragraph

    (2) as paragraph

    (4) ; and

    (3) by inserting after paragraph

    (1) the following:
 ``

    (2) Circumstances.--
 ``
        (A) In general.--The circumstances referred to in 
 paragraph

    (1)
        (E) 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.
 ``
        (B) === Definitions. ===
-For purposes of paragraph

    (1)
        (E) --
 ``
            (i) the term `assault' has the meaning 
 given that term in the jurisdiction where the 
 acts occurred; and
 ``
            (ii) the term `law enforcement officer' 
 is a person authorized by law--
 ``
            (I) to engage in or supervise the 
 prevention, detention, investigation, 
 or prosecution, or the incarceration of 
 any person for any criminal violation 
 of law;
 ``
            (II) to apprehend, arrest, or 
 prosecute an individual for any 
 criminal violation of law; or
 ``
            (III) to be a firefighter or 
 other first responder.
 ``

    (3) Detainer.--The Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
 issue a detainer for an alien described in paragraph

    (1)
        (E) and, if the alien is not otherwise detained by Federal, State, 
 or local officials, shall effectively and expeditiously take 
 custody of the alien.''.
 <all>