S. 212 · Where this bill is now
In committee
Introduced in the Senate, Jan 23, 2025
What this bill does
In plain words · AI-written from the official summaryAssault on police becomes deportable offense
The bill makes it so that non-U.S. citizens who are convicted of assaulting a law enforcement officer, firefighter, or other first responder can be deported. The Department of Homeland Security would also have to publish a yearly report showing how many people were deported under this rule.
How it affects you
If you're a non-U.S. citizen, an assault conviction against police, firefighters, or first responders could lead to deportation. For law enforcement and first responders themselves, this creates an additional legal consequence for people who assault them. Most other Americans won't directly experience this change unless they work in law enforcement or emergency services.
Read the official summary (Introduced in Senate, Jan 23, 2025)
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.
Written by AI (Claude) using only the official summary by the Congressional Research Service, the Library of Congress’s nonpartisan research staff. It can miss nuance, so check the official summary and the bill text for details.
1st SessionS. 212
A BILL
POLICE Act of 2025
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) · Introduced Jan 23, 2025 · Immigration · 1 version of the text
Sources: Congress.gov actions and votes · bill text from GovInfo · latest official action Jan 23, 2025: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.”