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FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is launching a caller propulsion to people amerciable immigrants who fly from instrumentality enforcement — named aft a Border Patrol cause killed pursuing amerciable aliens.
Cruz is reintroducing the Senate mentation of the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act.
The measure is named aft Border Patrol Agent Raul Gonzalez, who was killed successful a conveyance clang successful Texas successful 2022 portion pursuing amerciable immigrants. The measure would marque nonaccomplishment to output to a Border Patrol cause a felony punishable by up to 2 years successful prison.
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If a Border Patrol cause sustains injuries during a conveyance pursuit of an amerciable migrant, the offender whitethorn person a condemnation ranging from a minimum of 5 years to a maximum of 20 years successful prison. In cases wherever an cause loses their beingness during the pursuit, the measure prescribes a minimum condemnation of 10 years successful prison, extending to a imaginable beingness sentence. Each of these offenses besides whitethorn transportation a good of up to $250,000.
It further requires that the Department of Justice study to Congress astir however often they are prosecuting amerciable aliens for endangering Border Patrol agents.
"This authorities honors the sacrifice of Agent Raul Gonzalez, Jr., who mislaid his beingness pursuing individuals evading capture," Cruz said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.
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"It sends a wide connection that if you endanger American lives, you volition look superior consequences," helium said. "This measure is simply a captious measurement toward protecting our communities and ensuring criminals tin nary longer exploit past failures."
The measure has been reintroduced successful the House by Rep. Juan Ciscomani, R-Ariz.
It’s 1 of a slew of bills being introduced oregon re-introduced successful Congress present that determination is GOP power of some chambers and a caller temper successful Washington that appears to beryllium much receptive of stiffer consequences for illegal immigration, with the Trump medication launching a monolithic borderline information and anti-illegal migration crackdown.
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Congress passed the Laken Riley Act successful January, which mandates the national detention of amerciable immigrants accused of theft-related offenses. President Donald Trump would motion the measure aboriginal successful January.
Cruz, meanwhile, reintroduced the "Justice for Jocelyn" Act, which would necessitate that each ICE detention furniture beryllium filled earlier immoderate releases of amerciable immigrants into the interior. It is named aft Jocelyn Nungaray, who was allegedly murdered by 2 amerciable immigrants.
Fox News' Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
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