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Additionally, a non-U.S. national who is convicted of or admits to committing an offense is inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for immigration relief (including asylum)."}],"words":103},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Creates a federal crime for intentionally fleeing certain pursuing officers while driving a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the United States border, and adds immigration consequences for noncitizens who commit it.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh#HE0F01C5C39C04542873D02715FED3B09"},{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh#H40B55FED5F004C0C83DEBE887B064221"}]},"core_areas":["Federal crime of evading arrest or detention in a motor vehicle near the border","Criminal penalties for evasion, including when injury or death results","Immigration consequences for noncitizens who commit the offense","Annual reporting on violations of the new offense"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Makes it an offense to operate a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the United States border while intentionally fleeing a pursuing U.S. Border Patrol agent acting under lawful authority.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh#HE0F01C5C39C04542873D02715FED3B09"}},{"text":"Covers fleeing any pursuing Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting, or under the command of, U.S. Border Patrol.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh#HE0F01C5C39C04542873D02715FED3B09"}},{"text":"Sets a penalty of up to 2 years in prison, a fine, or both, and 5 to 20 years in prison, a fine, or both, if serious bodily injury results.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh#HE0F01C5C39C04542873D02715FED3B09"}},{"text":"Sets a penalty of not less than 10 years in prison and up to life, a fine, or both, if the death of any person results from the offense.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh#HE0F01C5C39C04542873D02715FED3B09"}},{"text":"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act so an alien convicted of the offense, or who admits committing it or its essential elements, is inadmissible and deportable.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh#H40B55FED5F004C0C83DEBE887B064221"}},{"text":"Requires the Attorney General, with the Secretary of Homeland Security, to send the House and Senate Judiciary Committees an annual report on violations, charges, apprehensions, and penalties sought and imposed.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh#HC0F3D65ABC3042599CC465C2709BB6C3"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-02-13","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-09-29","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/35/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-35.png","v":"059ed10fcc57","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 35, 119th Congress: Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act. House: 264 Yea, 155 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 13 Feb 2025."}}