A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that aliens convicted of drunk driving offenses qualify as a public safety threat for the purposes of immigration enforcement.

Bill: 117-sres-71
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA]
Introduced: 2021-02-24
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Assault and harassment offenses

Border security and unlawful immigration

Drug, alcohol, tobacco use

Immigration status and procedures

Roads and highways

Transportation safety and security

Violent crime
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-24
text: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S865)

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-24
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This resolution expresses the sense of the Senate that any guidance from the Department of Homeland Security on immigration enforcement should not deprioritize the removal of aliens convicted of drunk driving or any crime which includes an element of assault or violence. </p>

tv_txt: III 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. RES. 71 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 24, 2021 Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Grassley , and Mrs. Fischer ) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Expressing the sense of the Senate that aliens convicted of drunk driving offenses qualify as a public safety threat for the purposes of immigration enforcement.

Whereas Sarah Root of Council Bluffs, Iowa, died at the hands of a drunk driver who was not lawfully present in the United States; Whereas the mission of the immigration enforcement process is to ensure the safety of our communities; and Whereas drunk driving and aliens convicted of drunk driving are a threat to public safety of the United States, and to say otherwise is offensive to both the victims of drunk driving offenses and those who seek to enforce criminal statutes related to drunk driving: Now, therefore, be it

That it is the sense of the Senate that any guidance issued by the Department of Homeland Security or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as it relates to immigration enforcement and removal of aliens should not deprioritize the removal of aliens convicted of— (1) drunk driving or otherwise driving under the influence; or (2) any crime which includes as an element an act of assault or violence.