# 119-s-2553: Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

119-s-2553, Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2553
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN] (R-TN)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Immigration
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Makes DUI convictions and admissions a direct ground to deny entry or deport noncitizens.** This bill would add driving-while-intoxicated or impaired offenses to the Immigration and Nationality Act as new grounds of inadmissibility and deportability, using the definition that applies in the jurisdiction where the conviction or conduct occurred.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] (R-UT), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] (R-OK), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (R-AR), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fischer, Deb [R-NE] (R-NE), 2025-07-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-11-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New deportation and entry bans for DUI: cost, high. If enacted, the bill would make many DUI offenses a reason to be deported or denied entry. It would add deportability for any noncitizen convicted of driving while intoxicated or impaired. It would also add inadmissibility for noncitizens convicted of, or who admit to, DUI or acts that meet the off…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-s-3752: SAVE America Act
- 119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025
- 119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
- 119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-s-213: Main Street Tax Certainty Act

## Sources
- [119-s-2553 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2553)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-s-3752: SAVE America Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3752)
- [119-s-587: Death Tax Repeal Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-587)
- [119-s-186: No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-186)
- [119-s-6: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-6)
- [119-s-213: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-213)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2553 (as of 2026-08-11).