[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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