Washington, D.C. — In a speech on the Senate floor today, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) pushed the chamber to pass the POLICE Act.
The bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to explicitly state that an illegal immigrant may be deported for assaulting a police officer. Current law does not cover all assaults against law enforcement, meaning some immigrants can remain in the country even after committing this crime.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) objected to Senator Budd’s request for unanimous consent by calling the bill “nothing.”
Senator Budd responded by saying:
“It’s disheartening to me to hear that a simple piece of legislation, the POLICE Act, which states that an illegal alien can be deported for assaulting a police officer, firefighter, or other first responder, is ‘nothing’. I don’t profess to understand that.”
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