[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 71 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 71

   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.


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                   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

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                               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
    Resolved, 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.
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