[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2494 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2494

To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 6, 2023

   Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Ms. Malliotakis, Mr. Bishop of North 
 Carolina, Mr. Smith of New Jersey, Mrs. Miller-Meeks, Mr. Meuser, and 
Mrs. Cammack) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To make the assault of a law enforcement officer a deportable offense, 
                        and for other purposes.

    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 ``Protect Our Law enforcement with 
Immigration Control and Enforcement Act of 2023'' or the ``POLICE Act 
of 2023''.

SEC. 2. ASSAULT OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

    Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1227(a)(2)) is amended--
                    ``(G) Assault of law enforcement officers.--Any 
                alien who assaults a law enforcement officer is 
                deportable.''.
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