H.R. 3242, the Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025, increases criminal penalties for immigrants who are unlawfully present in the United States and commit crimes. The bill amends federal immigration law to impose mandatory minimum prison sentences: anyone who enters the country illegally and is later convicted of any crime punishable by more than one year in prison must serve an additional minimum of 5 years, while someone previously deported who re-enters and commits certain crimes faces mandatory sentences of 10 to 15 years depending on the offense. The legislation affects immigrants convicted of crimes ranging from felonies to any offense carrying a sentence longer than one year. There is no specific funding allocation mentioned in the bill, and it would take effect upon enactment, applying to convictions going forward.
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