'They Should Be Subject To Immediate Deportation': Republican Lawmakers Lay Out Sweeping Plans To Protect Officers Managing The Chaos On The Border

As violent crime has spiked in major U.S. cities and illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border has reached a disastrous pace creating a massive law enforcement emergency and humanitarian crisis, Senator Ted Budd (R-NC) is taking crucial steps to protect American law enforcement officers.

Budd introduced the Protect Our Law Enforcement with Immigration Control and Enforcement or POLICE Act of 2023 in the Senate on Thursday, according to Fox News. At the time he explained to reporters that supporting "police includes removing dangerous people who do them harm."

He added, "If an illegal immigrant commits the crime of assaulting an officer, they should be subject to immediate deportation. Our lawmakers must always back the men and women who protect and serve our communities."

Under the bill, if passed as introduced, any "alien who has been convicted of, who admits having committed, or who admits committing acts constituting the essential elements of, and offense involving the assault of a law enforcement officer is deportable," according to Fox.

The circumstances surrounding the crime under the new law would require an officer to be assaulted while "engaged in the performance of his or her official duties," or if the officer was assaulted "because of his or her station as a law enforcement officer."

IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE FOUND IN SMALL ARIZONA BORDER TOWN AS CHAOS CONTINUES WITH END OF TITLE 42 

Congressman Andrew Garbarino (R-NY) has spearheaded a House effort to pass a version of the POLICE Act that passed the chamber Wednesday.

According to the CATO Institute, at least 35 Border Patrol agents died in the line of duty through various causes between 2003-2019. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection website identifies another 63 agents who have died in the line of duty from 2020 to the present. The most recent incident of a Border Patrol Agent being killed in the line of duty while engaging illegal immigrants took place in December 2022, according to Fox News. The outlet reported that a 38-year-old agent was killed in pursuit of a group of illegal immigrants in Mission, Texas.

As DC Enquirer previously reported, Border Patrol officials discovered what they called an "inoperable destructive device" in "the area Port of Douglas, Arizona" as recently as May 6th.

EXCLUSIVE: An improvised explosive device bound for the U.S. was intercepted at an Arizona port of entry.

The improvised explosive device was intercepted during secondary inspection by CBP officers at the Douglas, Arizona POE on May 6th.

The IED was made using an M&M container… pic.twitter.com/P7E9tdxrU3

— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) May 11, 2023