The bill creates criminal penalties for intentionally evading arrest or detention while operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
Penalties include imprisonment for up to 2 years, and up to life if death results, and fines under the U.S. Code title.
It also impacts the immigration laws by making aliens who commit the offense inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for relief under the immigration laws, including asylum.
Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act
This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border while fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol agent or a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting or under the command of the U.S. Border Patrol.
The bill establishes criminal penalties for an offense, including a mandatory minimum prison term for an offense resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Additionally, a non-U.S. national who is convicted of or admits to committing an offense is inadmissible, deportable, and ineligible for immigration relief (including asylum).