H.R. 2494
Adds immigration consequences for violence against first responders.
Low confidence
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Makes assaulting a police officer, firefighter or other first responder a deportable offense.
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Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2023 or the POLICE Act of 2023 This bill makes assaulting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder a deportable offense. Specifically, the bill makes deportable any non-U.S. national ( alien under federal law) who has been convicted of (or admits to have committed) any act that constitutes the essential elements of any offense involving assault of a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder. The Department of Homeland Security must publish annually on its website a report on the number of individuals deported in the previous year pursuant to this bill.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, passed house version.
On Passage, May 17, 2023 · Passed