[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 24 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1535. Mrs. BLACKBURN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed to amendment SA 1388 submitted by Mrs. Murray (for herself and 
Mr. Schumer) and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 815, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to make certain improvements relating to 
the eligibility of veterans to receive reimbursement for emergency 
treatment furnished through the Veterans Community Care program, and 
for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF ALIENS CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED 
                   ASSAULT AGAINST A FIRST RESPONDER.

       (a) Grounds for Deportability.--Section 237(a)(2)(A) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(A)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii); and
       (2) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
       ``(vi) Aggravated assault against a first responder.--Any 
     alien who is convicted of any form of aggravated assault 
     against a first responder, including a law enforcement 
     officer, a firefighter, or an emergency medical technician, 
     is deportable.''.
       (b) Expedited Removal.--Section 238(a)(1) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1228(a)(1)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``section 241(a)(2)(A)(iii), (B), (C), or 
     (D)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)(iii), (A)(vi), (B), 
     (C), or (D) of section 237(a)(2)''; and
       (2) by striking ``section 241'' each place such term 
     appears and inserting ``section 237''.
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