Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Initiating Criminal Enforcement Act” or the “ICE Act”.
Initiating Criminal Enforcement Act
A BILL
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide a criminal penalty for interfering with immigration enforcement operations, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Interference with immigration enforcement
Section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(f) Interference with immigration enforcement—Any person who knowingly impedes or interferes with an officer or employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who is enforcing the immigration laws, including destroying or damaging property of the United States being used for purposes of such enforcement, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.”