Returning Illegals over Turmoil Act
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Returning Illegals over Turmoil Act amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to add a new deportability ground. A noncitizen is deportable if the person has been convicted of, or admits to committing acts constituting, incitement to violence or physical participation in a riot or civil disturbance under federal, state, or local law.
The deportability ground also covers acts involving actual or attempted assault, battery, or use of force against law enforcement officers, including federal, state, municipal, or Tribal officers; actual or attempted assault, battery, or use of force against members of the U.S. Armed Forces during official duties or while in uniform; or willful destruction, defacement, or vandalism of public property such as government structures, vehicles, emergency service vehicles, transit systems, and monuments. The bill applies where the person was unlawfully present, a DACA recipient, or a lawful permanent resident at the time of the offense.
Who Benefits and How
Law enforcement officers, Armed Forces members performing official duties, government building managers, emergency service vehicle operators, transit agencies, and monument managers benefit from an added immigration consequence for covered violence or vandalism during civil unrest. ICE enforcement offices and DHS immigration attorneys gain a new statutory removal ground for qualifying cases.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Unlawfully present noncitizens, DACA recipients, and lawful permanent residents face deportability if their conduct meets the bill's riot, civil disturbance, assault, force, or public-property vandalism criteria. Immigration courts and DHS trial attorneys may receive additional removal cases. Criminal defense attorneys and immigration attorneys must advise clients about the new immigration consequence.
Key Provisions
- Adds a new Immigration and Nationality Act deportability ground for covered riot or civil-disturbance conduct.
- Applies when a noncitizen is convicted of or admits acts constituting incitement to violence or physical participation in a riot or civil disturbance.
- Covers actual or attempted assault, battery, or use of force against law enforcement officers.
- Covers actual or attempted assault, battery, or use of force against Armed Forces members performing official duties or in uniform.
- Covers willful destruction, defacement, or vandalism of public property, including government buildings, emergency vehicles, transit systems, and monuments.
- Applies to people who were unlawfully present, DACA recipients, or lawful permanent residents at the time of the offense.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Makes certain noncitizens deportable for inciting or participating in riots or civil disturbances involving violence against law enforcement or Armed Forces members, or vandalism of public property, when the person was unlawfully present, a DACA recipient, or a lawful permanent resident at the time of the offense.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Law Enforcement, Public Safety
Primary Purpose
Makes certain noncitizens deportable for inciting or participating in riots or civil disturbances involving violence against law enforcement or Armed Forces members, or vandalism of public property, when the person was unlawfully present, a DACA recipient, or a lawful permanent resident at the time of the offense.
Policy Domains
Section 2 deportability for civil unrest violence and public property vandalism
Identified Gains
- Law enforcement officers
- Armed Forces members performing official duties
- ICE removal officers
- Government building managers
Identified Costs
- Unlawfully present noncitizens
- DACA recipients
- Lawful permanent residents
- Immigration court judges
- Immigration defense attorneys
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Crenshaw (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Collins, …
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
DACA recipients, Lawful permanent residents, Unlawfully present noncitizens
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "ice"
- → Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- "alien"
- → Alien covered by the new deportability ground
- "armed_forces"
- → Member of the U.S. Armed Forces
- "law_enforcement"
- → Law enforcement officer
- "immigration_court"
- → Immigration court
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
Incitement to violence, physical participation in a riot or civil disturbance, assault or force against law enforcement or Armed Forces members, or vandalism of public property by specified noncitizens.
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