1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Criminalize Fleeing from Immigration Enforcement Act of 2021”.
Criminalize Fleeing from Immigration Enforcement Act of 2021
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit fleeing law enforcement officers enforcing immigration laws, and for other purposes.
2. Fleeing enforcement of immigration laws
In general— Section 758 of title 18, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“758. Fleeing enforcement of immigration laws
“Whoever—
“(1) flees or evades a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer, which officer has identified himself as such an officer, enforcing section 274(a)(1)(A)(i) or (ii), section 274(a)(2), section 275, section 276, or section 277 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324, 1325, 1326, 1327); or
“(2) flees or evades a checkpoint operated by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, or any other Federal law enforcement agency, and flees Federal, State, or local law enforcement agents,”
Clerical amendment— The table of sections for chapter 35 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by striking the item related to section 758 and inserting the following: