[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 212 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 212

To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   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

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                                 A BILL


 
To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 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''.

SEC. 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.''.

SEC. 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)).
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