Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act

How it moves voter issues

• +1Public safety & crime

  Creates federal crimes for fleeing Border Patrol in a vehicle near the border, with mandatory minimums for deaths or injuries.

  Medium confidence

  AI scores averaged: +1 from typesafe:jev-1.13.0, +1 from claude-opus-5-5. Compare the models

• +1Immigration

  Makes non-citizens who commit the offense deportable and ineligible for asylum.

  Medium confidence · direction only, not good or bad

  AI scores averaged: +1 from typesafe:jev-1.13.0, +1 from claude-opus-5-5. Compare the models

What it does

Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for operating a motor vehicle within 100 miles of the U.S. border while fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol agent or a federal, state, or local law enforcement officer who is actively assisting or under the command of the U.S. Border Patrol. The bill establishes criminal penalties for an offense, including a mandatory minimum prison term for an offense resulting in death or serious bodily injury. Additionally, a non-U.S. national who is convicted of or admits to committing an offense is inadmissible, deportable, and ineligble for immigration relief (including asylum).

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, passed house version.

Every recorded vote on it

1. Jan 30, 2024House On Agreeing to the Amendment201 yea 224 nayProcedural, not counted
2. Jan 30, 2024House On PassageAgent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act271 yea 154 nayCounts toward rankings