Summary

Adds a new criminal enhancement for assaults on or resistance toward employees or officers of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by increasing the maximum prison term and raising the maximum fine that apply when someone commits the offense described in 18 U.S.C. § 111 against an ICE officer or employee. The change leaves the underlying offense definitions intact but imposes stiffer penalties when the victim is an ICE employee. The amendment is narrowly focused on penalties: it modifies the punishment framework of an existing federal statute and does not create new crimes, appropriate funds, or change procedural rules for prosecution.

• Creates a penalty enhancement for assaults on or resisting ICE officers/employees under the existing federal assault statute.
• Doubles the applicable maximum prison term for § 111 offenses when the victim is an ICE officer or employee.
• Increases the applicable maximum fine in parallel with the prison-term increase.
• Does not create a new crime or change the conduct that is illegal under § 111.
• Does not appropriate funds or alter procedural rules; fiscal impacts would be indirect via potential longer incarcerations.
• Applies only to ICE officers and employees, not to other federal law enforcement categories.
• Gives prosecutors a statutory basis to seek higher maximum penalties in relevant cases.