On Saturday. July 16. Scott Gardner. a beloved school teacher in my district. was killed by an illegal alien who was driving drunk. After the wreck. it was discovered that the illegal alien already had five prior drunk driving convictions. yet he was still on our roads and still in our country. He should never have been allowed to stay in our country after his drunk driving arrests. Unfortunately. tragedies like this are happening all over the country. and that is why my amendment is important. Currently. the bill says all illegal aliens must be deported after their third DWI conviction. My amendment requires the automatic deportation of an illegal alien after their first DWI conviction because it only takes one DWI to kill someone. ask Scott Gardners family. Please note that this does not apply to legal immigrants. this is only illegal aliens. This amendment also gives specially trained State and locally trained local law enforcement officers the authority to detain drunk driving illegal aliens so they cannot run from their court dates and be free to drink and drive again. as Is currently the case. The amendment also allows these same officers to transport illegal aliens into Federal custody so they can be deported. and they will be reimbursed by the Department of Homeland Security for doing so. Information on these illegal alien drunk drivers will be reported to the Department of Homeland Security. the National Criminal Information Center. and the Driver License Agreement of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. The authorities and information collection will give us another tool to use against criminal illegal aliens who continue to break our laws and threaten our safety. By passing this amendment today. we will be sending a strong message that we will no longer tolerate criminal actions by illegal aliens. You drink. you drive. you are illegal. you are deported. Period.
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