The Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act would amend immigration law to make driving while intoxicated or impaired a grounds for immigration consequences. Specifically, the bill classifies any non-citizen who has been convicted of, or admits to committing, a DUI or DWI offense as inadmissible to the United States and deportable if already present in the country. The law would apply regardless of whether the offense is charged as a misdemeanor or felony under federal, state, tribal, or local law, and would use each jurisdiction's own definition of DUI or impaired driving. The bill has no explicit funding authorization or implementation timeline specified in the legislative text. Essentially, this measure would make DUI convictions a basis for preventing non-citizens from entering the country and for removing those already here, treating such convictions similarly to other criminal grounds for deportation.
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