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- Rep. Burlison, Eric [R-Missouri-7]
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-Montana-2]
- Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-Arizona-9]
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-Wyoming]
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-South Carolina-1]
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-Pennsylvania-9]
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-Texas-22]
- Rep. Ogles, Andrew [R-Tennessee-5]
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-Kansas-2]
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-Texas-3]
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-New Jersey-2]
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-Texas-14]
- Rep. Franklin, Scott [R-Florida-18]
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-California-48]
- Rep. Miller, Mary E. [R-Illinois-15]
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-Texas-5]
- Rep. Harris, Mark [R-North Carolina-8]
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-Iowa-4]
- Rep. Gill, Brandon [R-Texas-26]
- Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-Oklahoma-2]
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This bill would change immigration law so that people who have been convicted of, or in some cases admitted to, driving while intoxicated or impaired could be kept out of the United States or removed from it. It covers drunk driving and drug-impaired driving, and it would apply even if the offense is only a misdemeanor under local or state law. The goal is to make DUI-related offenses a clearer reason for denying entry or starting deportation proceedings.
- It would make a person “inadmissible,” meaning they could be refused entry into the country, if they were convicted of or admitted to a DUI or similar impaired-driving offense.
- It would also make a person “deportable,” meaning they could be removed from the United States, if they are convicted of driving while intoxicated or impaired.
- The rule would apply to offenses involving alcohol or drugs, based on how the law defines the offense in the place where it happened.
- It would apply no matter whether the offense is labeled a misdemeanor or a felony under federal, state, tribal, or local law.
Official Summaries
Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act
This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the individual.
The bar to admission shall apply to an individual who has been convicted of the offense or has admitted to having committed the acts which constitute the elements of the offense. As a ground for deportability, the individual must have been convicted of the offense.
Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025
This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the individual.
The bar to admission shall apply to an individual who has been convicted of the offense or has admitted to having committed the acts which constitute the elements of the offense. As a ground for deportability, the individual must have been convicted of the offense.
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 875 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 875
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 27 (legislative day, June 24), 2025
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
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AN ACT
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who
have been convicted of or who have committed an offense for driving
while intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and deportable.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant
Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025''.
SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED TO DRIVING WHILE
INTOXICATED OR IMPAIRED.
(a) Inadmissibility.--Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired.--Any
alien who has been convicted of, who admits having
committed, or who admits committing acts which
constitute the essential elements of an offense for
driving while intoxicated or impaired, as those terms
are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the
conviction, offense, or acts constituting the essential
elements of the offense occurred (including an offense
for driving while under the influence of or impaired by
alcohol or drugs), without regard to whether the
conviction or offense is classified as a misdemeanor or
felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is
inadmissible.''.
(b) Deportability.--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) Driving while intoxicated or impaired.--Any
alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving
while intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are
defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the
conviction occurred (including a conviction for driving
while under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or
drugs), without regard to whether the conviction is
classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal,
State, tribal, or local law, is deportable.''.
Passed the House of Representatives June 26, 2025.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.