119-HR3242

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3242

1. Short title
2. Commission of crimes by aliens unlawfully present in the United States

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025".

2. Commission of crimes by aliens unlawfully present in the United States

(a) Commission of crimes by aliens who improperly enter - Section 275 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1325) is amended—

(1) - in subsection (a), by striking "2 years" and inserting "5 years"; and

(2) - by adding at the end the following:

(e) - Any alien who improperly enters the United States, as described in subsection (a), and is subsequently convicted of any crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such conviction, be imprisoned for not less than 5 years.

(b) Commission of crimes by aliens previously removed - Section 276 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1326) is amended—

(1) - in subsection (a), by striking "2 years" and inserting "10 years"; and

(2) - in subsection (b)—

(A) - in paragraph (1)—

(i) - by striking "or a felony (other than an aggravated felony),"; and

(ii) - by striking "10 years" and inserting "15 years"; and

(B) - by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:

(2) - whose removal was subsequent to a conviction for commission of—

(A) - any aggravated felony;

(B) - any crime defined as a felony by the relevant jurisdiction (Federal, State, tribal, or local) of conviction; or

(C) - any crime punishable by more than one year of imprisonment,