Stop Illegal Aliens Drunk Driving

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3584 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3584

  To amend the definition of aggravated felony in the Immigration and 
   Nationality Act to include certain serious drunk driving offenses.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 7, 2026

 Mr. Cornyn (for himself, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Budd, Mr. Tillis, 
 Ms. Lummis, Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Lankford, and 
  Mr. Mullin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
               referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the definition of aggravated felony in the Immigration and 
   Nationality Act to include certain serious drunk driving offenses.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Stop Illegal Aliens Drunk Driving''.

SEC. 2. AGGRAVATED FELONY FOR DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OR WHILE 
              INTOXICATED.

    Section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(a)(43)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (U) as subparagraph (V); 
        and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (T) the following:
                    ``(U) an offense relating to driving while 
                intoxicated, impaired, or under the influence of 
                alcohol, a controlled substance (as defined in section 
                102(6) of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 
                802(6))), or any other illegal narcotic or intoxicating 
                substance--
                            ``(i) which resulted in the death of, or 
                        serious bodily injury to, another person; and
                            ``(ii) for which the alien was convicted, 
                        without regard to whether the conviction is 
                        classified as a misdemeanor or felony under 
                        Federal, State, tribal, or local law; and''.

SEC. 3. INADMISSIBILITY FOR AGGRAVATED FELONY.

    Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1182(a)(2)(F)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subparagraph (J) 
        and moving such subparagraph so that it appears immediately 
        after subparagraph (I); and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the following:
                    ``(F) Aggravated felony for drunk driving or 
                driving while intoxicated.--Any alien who is convicted 
                of, admits having committed, or admits committing acts 
                constituting the essential elements of, any law or 
                regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign 
                country relating to an offense described in section 
                101(a)(43)(U) is inadmissible.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION.

    (a) Effective Date.--This Act and the amendments made by this Act 
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application.--The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall 
apply--
            (1) to actions taken on or after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, regardless of when the relevant criminal 
        conviction occurred;
            (2) with respect to section 276(b), only to violations of 
        section 276(a) occurring on or after such date of enactment; 
        and
            (3) with respect to section 237(a)(2)(A)(iii), if the 
        underlying aggravated felony is described in section 
        101(a)(43)(U) or 212(a)(2)(F), only to actions taken on or 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, regardless of when 
        the relevant criminal conviction occurred.
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