On June 26, 2025, House Republicans voted to pass the Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act, H.R. 875, in a 246 to 160 vote, with 37 Democrats voting in support of the bill.
- H.R. 875 would make noncitizens convicted of driving while intoxicated or impaired automatically ineligible for admission into the US, deportable, and ineligible for bond while in detention.
- Noncitizens who admit to driving while intoxicated or impaired would also be inadmissible and deportable.
- Under current immigration law, noncitizens who are convicted of certain crimes are inadmissible and deportable, but DUIs are not explicitly listed among those offenses.
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