POLICE Act of 2025

Bill: 119-s-212
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]
Introduced: 2025-01-23
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Border security and unlawful immigration

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Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><strong>Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2025 or the POLICE Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill makes assaulting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder a deportable offense.</p><p>Specifically, the bill makes deportable any non-U.S. national (<em>alien</em> under federal law) who has been convicted of (or admits to have committed) any act that constitutes the essential elements of any offense involving assault of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder.</p><p>The Department of Homeland Security must publish annually on its website a report on the number of individuals deported in the previous fiscal year pursuant to this bill.</p>

tv_txt: II 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 212 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 23, 2025 Mr. Budd (for himself, Mr. Tillis , Mr. Daines , Mrs. Britt , Mr. Cruz , Mr. Schmitt , Mr. Hagerty , Mr. Lankford , Mr. Marshall , Mrs. Hyde-Smith , Mr. Cramer , Mr. Justice , and Mr. Sheehy ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 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 titles This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2025 or the POLICE Act of 2025 . 2. Assault of law enforcement officer 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) Assault of law enforcement officer (i) In general Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of, any offense involving assault of a law enforcement officer is deportable. (ii) Circumstances The circumstances referred to in clause (i) 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. (iii) Definitions In this subparagraph— (I) the term assault has the meaning given that term in the jurisdiction where the act occurred; and (II) the term law enforcement officer is a person authorized by law— (aa) to engage in or supervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution, or the incarceration of any person for any criminal violation of law; (bb) to apprehend, arrest, or prosecute an individual for any criminal violation of law; or (cc) to be a firefighter or other first responder. . 3. Report on aliens deported for assaulting a law enforcement officer The Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Homeland Security an annual report identifying the number of aliens who were deported during the previous fiscal year pursuant to section 237(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(G) ).