A bill brought by U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) to require mandatory deportations for illegal aliens convicted of driving under the influence (DUI) is currently making its way through the U.S. Senate.
Moore told Newsmax TV’s “Sunday Report” that under the Biden administration, illegal aliens convicted of a DUI were released by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.
“The judges would have an individual coming to the court, be convicted of drinking and driving, they would hand them off to ICE, and ICE would go down the road and turn them loose,” he said, citing recent examples of traffic fatalities caused by illegal aliens’ drunk driving.
While things are much better under President Donald Trump, Moore said it was important to codify the law so that future Democratic administrations couldn’t undo it.
“You would have thought that would have been in law, right?” he continued. “I mean, you’re drinking and driving, you’re here illegally, you get caught, and you’re taken out of the country. But that was not the case, and so now we’re trying to codify that.”
Moore also said it will likely take federal action to prevent states from issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, many of whom are not qualified to drive.
“I think at some point we have to weigh in federally when you have these states that are just absolutely abusing the laws,” Moore said. “…Those trucks are very heavy. They can be extremely dangerous. You don’t need people out driving that don’t know, can’t read the road signs, don’t know what they’re doing. And then you just turn them loose with these incredibly large vehicles that can be incredibly dangerous.”
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