119-s2553

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2553 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2553

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to classify aliens who 
 have been convicted of, or who have committed, an offense for driving 
 while intoxicated or impaired as inadmissible and deportable.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 30, 2025

Mr. Hagerty (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Capito, 
 Mrs. Britt, Mr. Cotton, and Mrs. Fischer) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the 
 Judiciary

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 A BILL

 To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to classify aliens who 
 have been convicted of, or who have committed, an offense for driving 
 while intoxicated or impaired as inadmissible and deportable.

 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 Communities from DUIs 
Act''.

SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO DRIVING WHILE 
 INTOXICATED OR IMPAIRED.

    (a) Inadmissibility.--

Section 212

    (a)

    (2) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182

    (a)

    (2) ) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
 ``
        (J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired.--Any 
 alien who has been convicted of, who admits having 
 committed, or who admits committing, acts constituting 
 the essential elements of an offense for driving while 
 intoxicated or impaired (as such terms are defined by 
 the law of the jurisdiction in which the conviction, 
 offense, or acts constituting the essential elements of 
 the offense occurred), including an offense for driving 
 while under the influence of, or impaired by, alcohol 
 or drugs, is inadmissible, regardless of whether such 
 conviction or offense is classified as a misdemeanor or 
 felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law.''.

    (b) Deportability.--

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) Driving while intoxicated or impaired.--Any 
 alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving 
 while intoxicated or impaired (as such terms are 
 defined by the law of the jurisdiction in which the 
 conviction occurred), including a conviction for 
 driving while under the influence of, or impaired by, 
 alcohol or drugs, is deportable, regardless of whether 
 such conviction is classified as a misdemeanor or 
 felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law.''.
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