IIB
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2494
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
May 18, 2023
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
AN ACT
To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2023
or the POLICE Act of 2023
.
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:
Assault of law enforcement officer
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.
Circumstances
The circumstances referred to in clause (i) are that the law enforcement officer was assaulted—
while he or she was engaged in the performance of his or her official duties;
because of the performance of his or her official duties; or
because of his or her status as a law enforcement officer.
Definitions
In this subparagraph—
the term assault
has the meaning given that term in the jurisdiction where the act occurred; and
the term law enforcement officer
is a person authorized by law—
to apprehend, arrest, or prosecute an individual for any criminal violation of law; or
to be a firefighter or other first responder.
.
Report on aliens deported for assaulting a law enforcement officer
On an annual basis, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to Congress and make publicly available on the website of the Department of Homeland Security a report on the number of aliens who were deported during
the previous year under section 237(a)(2)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)(G)).
Passed the House of Representatives May 17, 2023.
Cheryl L. Johnson,
Clerk.