Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025 in plain language
1: Short title
This section would give the Act the short title "Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act."
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1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act .
2: Inadmissibility and deportability related to driving while intoxicated or impaired
This section would add a new ground of inadmissibility to the Immigration and Nationality Act. Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts that constitute the essential elements of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired would be inadmissible. This includes an offense for driving under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs. The offense or acts are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction, offense, or acts occurred, and it does not matter whether that jurisdiction classifies the offense as a misdemeanor or a felony under federal, state, tribal, or local law. Separately, this section would add a new ground of deportability. Any alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired, including a conviction for driving under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs, would be deportable. As with the inadmissibility ground, the offense is defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred, and it does not matter whether that jurisdiction classifies the offense as a misdemeanor or a felony under federal, state, tribal, or local law. Unlike the inadmissibility ground, the deportability ground requires an actual conviction; an admission of having committed the offense or its essential elements is not enough to make an alien deportable under this section.
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2. Inadmissibility and deportability related to driving while intoxicated or impaired (a) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Driving while intoxicated or impaired Any alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts which constitute the essential elements of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction, offense, or acts constituting the essential elements of the offense occurred (including an offense for driving while under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs), without regard to whether the conviction or offense is classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is inadmissible. . (b) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Driving while intoxicated or impaired Any alien who has been convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired, as those terms are defined under the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred (including a conviction for driving while under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs), without regard to whether the conviction is classified as a misdemeanor or felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law, is deportable. .