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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3242 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide additional criminal 
penalties for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States 
and are convicted of crimes, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 7, 2025 
Mr. KNOTT (for himself, Mr. FRY, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. HARRIGAN, Mr. 
EDWARDS, Mr. HARRIS of North Carolina, Mr. MCDOWELL, Mr. MOORE 
of North Carolina, Mr. MESSMER, Mr. ONDER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr. 
STUTZMAN, Mr. VAN
DREW, Mr. BARR, Mr. HARIDOPOLOS, Mr. 
STAUBER, Mr. BAUMGARTNER, Mr. COLLINS, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. ROY, 
Mr. BIGGS of Arizona, Mr. MAST, Mr. MOORE of Alabama, Mr. EVANS 
of Colorado, Mr. MCCORMICK, Mr. JACK, Mr. HUNT, Mr. HUDSON, Mr. 
KENNEDY of Utah, and Mr. DOWNING) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide 
additional criminal penalties for aliens who are unlaw-
fully present in the United States and are convicted 
of crimes, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Punishing Illegal Im-
migrant Felons Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY ALIENS UNLAWFULLY 
PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
(a) COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY ALIENS WHO IM-
PROPERLY ENTER.—Section 275 of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5 years’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) Any alien who improperly enters the United 
States, as described in subsection (a), and is subsequently 
convicted of any crime punishable by more than one year 
of imprisonment shall, in addition to the punishment pro-
vided for such conviction, be imprisoned for not less than 
5 years.’’. 
(b) COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY ALIENS PREVIOUSLY 
REMOVED.—Section 276 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2 years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘10 years’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or a felony (other 
than an aggravated felony),’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘10 years’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘15 years’’; and 
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(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(2) whose removal was subsequent to a convic-
tion for commission of— 
‘‘(A) any aggravated felony; 
‘‘(B) any crime defined as a felony by the 
relevant jurisdiction (Federal, State, tribal, or 
local) of conviction; or 
‘‘(C) any crime punishable by more than 
one year of imprisonment, 
such alien shall be imprisoned not less than 10 years 
and fined under title 18, United States Code;’’. 
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