[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 14, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S156-S157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
SA 46. Mr. BUDD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the bill S. 5, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to take
into custody aliens who have been charged in the United States with
theft, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table;
as follows:
At the end of the bill, add the following:
SEC. 4. PROTECTING LAW ENFORCEMENT.
(a) Short Titles.--This section may be cited as the
``Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and
Enforcement Act of 2025'' or the ``POLICE Act of 2025''.
(b) 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.''.
(c) 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, as added
by subsection (b).
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