POLICE Act of 2021

Bill: 117-hr-6264
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2021-12-14
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Immigration status and procedures

Law enforcement officers

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2022-11-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-12-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2021 or the POLICE Act of 2021</strong></p> <p>This bill makes assaulting a law enforcement officer a deportable offense. <br> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6264 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 14, 2021 Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Mr. Budd , Mr. Smith of New Jersey , Mr. Jacobs of New York , Mrs. Miller-Meeks , Mrs. Hinson , Mr. Van Drew , Mr. Weber of Texas , Mrs. Cammack , Mr. Gimenez , Ms. Malliotakis , Mr. Bishop of North Carolina , Ms. Tenney , Mr. Guest , Ms. Stefanik , Mr. Katko , and Mr. Zeldin ) 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 2021 or the POLICE Act of 2021 . 2. Assault of a law enforcement officer Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended— (G) Assault of law enforcement officers Any alien who assaults a law enforcement officer is deportable. .