This bill adds a new deportation ground for noncitizens who assault a law enforcement officer. It says a noncitizen is deportable if convicted of, or if they admit committing, acts that meet the essential elements of an assault against a law enforcement officer.
The bill lists three covered circumstances: the officer was assaulted while performing official duties, because the officer was performing official duties, or because the person was a law enforcement officer. "Assault" is defined by the law where the act happened. The bill defines "law enforcement officer" broadly to include people authorized to prevent, detect, investigate, prosecute, arrest, or incarcerate for criminal violations and also includes firefighters and other first responders.
The bill also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to send Congress and publish on the Department of Homeland Security website an annual report showing how many noncitizens were deported under this new deportation ground during the prior fiscal year.
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