S. 212 119th Congress Senate

POLICE Act of 2025

Official title: A bill to make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 23, 2025 Introduced by: Ted Budd Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Jan 23, 2025

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Protect Our Law enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2025 or the POLICE Act of 2025

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 fiscal year pursuant to this bill.

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