Congress strips judges' power to stop deportations during riots

What it does

This bill makes it a deportable offense for any non-citizen (including DACA recipients and lawful permanent residents) convicted of assaulting law enforcement, participating in riots, or damaging public property during civil unrest. It bars all forms of relief from removal—asylum, cancellation, adjustment of status—and mandates detention pending removal. During declared emergencies, enforcement becomes automatic with no discretion, and the Secretary of Homeland Security may use expedited removal procedures.

Why we flagged it

The bill's core mechanism is a new deportability ground tied to riot-related offenses and assault on law enforcement, coupled with mandatory detention and elimination of judicial discretion. It is functionally an enforcement-focused immigration amendment, not a public-safety measure per se—the public-safety framing is the stated rationale, but the operative mechanism is immigration removal.

What the text implies

• Applies retroactively to offenses committed after enactment, potentially capturing conduct that occurred before the law existed, raising ex post facto concerns.
• Eliminates discretion during declared emergencies, meaning the President or a Governor can trigger automatic, non-discretionary removal of entire classes of non-citizens without case-by-case review.
• DACA recipients—who have been lawfully present and working for years—become deportable for riot-related offenses with no relief available, potentially separating them from U.S.-born children and long-term employment.
• Bars cancellation of removal and adjustment of status even for lawful permanent residents with decades of residence, family ties, and community roots, removing traditional judicial safety valves.
• Expedited removal authority (§ 6) may bypass full immigration court proceedings, limiting due process and appellate review.

Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.

Who it affects

The bill creates a bright-line deportation rule for non-citizens convicted of assaulting law enforcement or rioting, which may deter violence and protect public safety. However, it eliminates judicial discretion and all forms of relief—including asylum and cancellation of removal—even in cases of hardship, family ties, or proportionality concerns, and it applies retroactively to DACA recipients and lawful permanent residents, potentially separating families and removing long-term residents witho

Named in the bill

Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Nationality Act, DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), National Emergencies Act, Stafford Act, U.S. law enforcement, U.S. Armed Forces

Where it stands

29 cosponsors: 29 Republicans.

• Jun 10, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Jun 10, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

1 lobbying clients named this bill on 2 disclosure filings across 2 quarters, Dec 2025 to Jun 2026. Those filings disclosed $40,000 in lobbying spend. A filing names 30 bills on average, so that figure is what each filing reported, not a share belonging to this bill.

More lobbying clients named this bill than 0% of bills with at least one filing.

Dan Crenshaw, the sponsor, reported $606,011 in PAC receipts in the 2026 cycle.

• International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO — $40,000 on 2 filings

Lobbying Disclosure Act filings through Jul 10, 2026. A filing shows who paid to lobby on a bill it names, not what changed.