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The bill creates a new federal offense and reporting regime that strengthens federal enforcement and oversight of vehicle-evading-arrest conduct (and may improve public safety and accountability), but it expands federal criminal and immigration exposure across a wide border zone, raises civil‑liberties and due‑process risks, and could increase incarceration and immigration enforcement costs.
Noncitizens tied to vehicle-evading-arrest offenses will be more readily denied admission or relief and removed, giving immigration and enforcement officials clearer statutory authority to exclude/remove such individuals.
Congress, DOJ, and DHS — and the public — will receive regular data on enforcement (charges, apprehensions, penalties), improving oversight and helping identify enforcement gaps or resource needs.
Border communities and law enforcement will have a clearer federal criminal statute to prosecute dangerous vehicle flight near the border, which may reduce high‑speed chases and related harms.
People (residents and visitors) who drive within 100 miles of the border will face new federal criminal exposure for fleeing, expanding federal policing in a large geographic zone and raising civil‑liberties and federalism concerns.
Noncitizens — including those with minor, disputed, or plea‑based admissions of conduct — may lose asylum and other relief or be removed based on admissions (not just convictions), increasing risk of deportation even where persecution risk exists.
The law's mandatory minimums and longer prison terms for injury or death will likely increase incarceration rates and costs, imposing greater expenses on taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Creates a federal offense for fleeing law enforcement by vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border, sets escalating prison terms, and makes convictions deportable and ineligible for immigration relief.
Creates a new federal crime for driving away from a lawfully pursuing Border Patrol agent or an officer assisting Border Patrol within 100 miles of the U.S. border and sets tiered prison terms: up to 2 years for the basic offense, 5–20 years if serious bodily injury results, and 10 years to life if death results. Convictions (or admissions of having committed the offense) would make noncitizens inadmissible, deportable, and categorically ineligible for any immigration relief, including asylum. The Attorney General and the Secretary of Homeland Security must submit an annual report to Congress with counts and summary data on charging, apprehension, and penalties for the new offense.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Juan Ciscomani · Last progress February 13, 2025