{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-875","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 875","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and deportable.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and deportable."},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that aliens who have been convicted of or who have committed an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired are inadmissible and deportable."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to House","title":"Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-01-31","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2025-06-26","vote":{"id":"119-2025-h183","question":"On Passage","title":"Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act","result":"Passed","yea":246,"nay":160,"present":0,"not_voting":25,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll183.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.","date":"2025-06-27"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2025-06-26","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill makes driving while intoxicated or impaired a ground for (1) barring a non-U.S. national (alien under federal law) from admission into the United States, or (2) deporting the individual."},{"k":"p","t":"The bar to admission shall apply to an individual who has been convicted of the offense or has admitted to having committed the acts which constitute the elements of the offense. As a ground for deportability, the individual must have been convicted of the offense."}],"words":92},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make non-citizens who have a conviction for, or who admit to, driving while intoxicated or impaired inadmissible to the United States, and to make those with a conviction deportable.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/875/text/eh#HFCE81D1C1E0F4541A27602BD93E24CB2"}]},"core_areas":["Inadmissibility of non-citizens for driving while intoxicated or impaired offenses","Deportability of non-citizens convicted of driving while intoxicated or impaired offenses"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Adds a new ground of inadmissibility to section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for any alien convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/875/text/eh#HFCE81D1C1E0F4541A27602BD93E24CB2"}},{"text":"Applies the new inadmissibility ground also to an alien who admits committing the offense or admits committing acts that make up its essential elements.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/875/text/eh#HFCE81D1C1E0F4541A27602BD93E24CB2"}},{"text":"Adds a new ground of deportability to section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for any alien convicted of an offense for driving while intoxicated or impaired.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/875/text/eh#HFCE81D1C1E0F4541A27602BD93E24CB2"}},{"text":"Defines the offense by the law of the jurisdiction where the conviction occurred, and includes driving while under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/875/text/eh#HFCE81D1C1E0F4541A27602BD93E24CB2"}},{"text":"Applies both new grounds whether the conviction or offense is classified as a misdemeanor or a felony under Federal, State, tribal, or local law.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/875/text/eh#HFCE81D1C1E0F4541A27602BD93E24CB2"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2025-06-26","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/875/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/875","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/875/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-875.png","v":"9208b5345e00","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 875, 119th Congress: Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025. House: 246 Yea, 160 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 26 Jun 2025."}}