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Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide additional criminal penalties for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and are convicted of crimes, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase criminal penalties for unauthorized aliens convicted of crimes. For aliens who improperly enter the United States, the bill increases the base penalty from two years to five years imprisonment and adds a requirement that those subsequently convicted of any crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment serve an additional minimum of five years. For aliens previously removed from the United States, the bill increases the re-entry penalty from two years to ten years, and for those removed after prior criminal convictions, increases penalties to 15 years for aggravated felonies or any felony conviction, and ten years minimum for crimes punishable by more than one year of imprisonment. Additional fines under federal law are also imposed for re-entry violations following prior criminal convictions.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Knott, Brad [R-NC-13] (R-NC)
34 cosponsors
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY)
- Rep. Baumgartner, Michael [R-WA-5] (R-WA)
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ)
- Rep. Brecheen, Josh [R-OK-2] (R-OK)
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
- Rep. Downing, Troy [R-MT-2] (R-MT)
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC)
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO)
- Rep. Fry, Russell [R-SC-7] (R-SC)
- Rep. Goldman, Craig A. [R-TX-12] (R-TX)
- Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] (R-WY)
- Rep. Haridopolos, Mike [R-FL-8] (R-FL)
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC)
- Rep. Harris, Mark [R-NC-8] (R-NC)
- Rep. Hinson, Ashley [R-IA-2] (R-IA)
- Rep. Hudson, Richard [R-NC-9] (R-NC)
- Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38] (R-TX)
- Rep. Jack, Brian [R-GA-3] (R-GA)
- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT)
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL)
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA)
- Rep. McDowell, Addison P. [R-NC-6] (R-NC)
- Rep. Messmer, Mark B. [R-IN-8] (R-IN)
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Rep. Moore, Tim [R-NC-14] (R-NC)
- Rep. Nehls, Troy E. [R-TX-22] (R-TX)
- Rep. Onder, Robert F. [R-MO-3] (R-MO)
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC)
- Rep. Roy, Chip [R-TX-21] (R-TX)
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Rep. Stauber, Pete [R-MN-8] (R-MN)
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY)
- Rep. Stutzman, Marlin A. [R-IN-3] (R-IN)
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ)
Actions (2)
- May 7, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- May 7, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 7, 2025
Mr. Knott (for himself, Mr. Fry, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Harrigan, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Harris of North Carolina, Mr. McDowell, Mr. Moore of North Carolina, Mr. Messmer, Mr. Onder, Mr. Nehls, Mr. Stutzman, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Barr, Mr. Haridopolos, Mr. Stauber, Mr. Baumgartner, Mr. Collins, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Roy, Mr. Biggs of Arizona, Mr. Mast, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Jack, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, and Mr. Downing) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide additional criminal penalties for aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States and are convicted of crimes, and for other purposes.
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 “Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. COMMISSION OF CRIMES BY ALIENS UNLAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
(a) Commission of Crimes by Aliens Who Improperly Enter.—Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking “2 years” and inserting “5 years”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Any alien who improperly enters the United States, as described in subsection (a), and is subsequently convicted of any crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such conviction, be imprisoned for not less than 5 years.”.
(b) Commission of Crimes by Aliens Previously Removed.—Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), by striking “2 years” and inserting “10 years”; and
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking “or a felony (other than an aggravated felony),”; and
(ii) by striking “10 years” and inserting “15 years”; and
(B) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
“(2) whose removal was subsequent to a conviction for commission of—
“(A) any aggravated felony;
“(B) any crime defined as a felony by the relevant jurisdiction (Federal, State, tribal, or local) of conviction; or
“(C) any crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment, such alien shall be imprisoned not less than 10 years and fined under title 18, United States Code;”. <all>
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