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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 875
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.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY31, 2025
Mr. M
OOREof Alabama (for himself, Mr. BURLISON, Mr. DOWNING, Mr.
G
OSAR, Ms. HAGEMAN, Ms. MACE, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. NEHLS, Mr.
O
GLES, Mr. SCHMIDT, Mr. SELF, Mr. VANDREW, Mr. WEBERof Texas,
Mr. S
COTTFRANKLINof Florida, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. MILLERof Illinois, Mr.
G
OODEN, Mr. HARRISof North Carolina, Mr. FEENSTRA, and Mr. GILL
of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary
A BILL
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 Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protect Our Commu-4
nities from DUIs Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. INADMISSIBILITY AND DEPORTABILITY RELATED 1
TO DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM-2
PAIRED. 3
(a) I
NADMISSIBILITY.—Section 212(a)(2) of the Im-4
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2)) is 5
amended by adding at the end the following: 6
‘‘(J) D
RIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM -7
PAIRED.—Any alien who has been convicted of, 8
who admits having committed, or who admits 9
committing acts which constitute the essential 10
elements of an offense for driving while intoxi-11
cated or impaired, as those terms are defined 12
under the law of the jurisdiction where the con-13
viction, offense, or acts constituting the essen-14
tial elements of the offense occurred (including 15
an offense for driving while under the influence 16
of or impaired by alcohol or drugs), without re-17
gard to whether the conviction or offense is 18
classified as a misdemeanor or felony under 19
Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is inadmis-20
sible.’’. 21
(b) D
EPORTABILITY.—Section 237(a)(2) of the Im-22
migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2)) is 23
amended by adding at the end the following: 24
‘‘(G) D
RIVING WHILE INTOXICATED OR IM -25
PAIRED.—Any alien who has been convicted of 26
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an offense for driving while intoxicated or im-1
paired, as those terms are defined under the 2
law of the jurisdiction where the conviction oc-3
curred (including a conviction for driving while 4
under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or 5
drugs), without regard to whether the convic-6
tion is classified as a misdemeanor or felony 7
under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is de-8
portable.’’. 9
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