H.R. 2494: POLICE Act of 2023
Quick Facts:
Bill Sponsor: Rep. Andrew Garbarino (R-NY-2)
Congress: 118
Date Introduced: April 6, 2023
Last Action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (May 18, 2023)
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.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) (April 6, 2023)
Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC-8) (April 6, 2023)
Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ-4) (April 6, 2023)
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1) (April 6, 2023)
Rep. Dan Meuser (R-PA-9) (April 6, 2023)
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-FL-3) (April 6, 2023)
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY-21) (April 13, 2023)
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) (April 13, 2023)
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24) (April 18, 2023)
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) (May 11, 2023)
Rep. Anthony D'Esposito (R-NY-4) (May 11, 2023)
Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ-8) (May 15, 2023)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14) (May 15, 2023)
Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) (May 15, 2023)
Rep. Nick LaLota (R-NY-1) (May 15, 2023)
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) (May 15, 2023)