Congressman Gray joined members of the Blue Dog Coalition in endorsing three bipartisan bills: Protect and Serve Act of 2025 – This legislation creates federal penalties for anyone who targets law enforcement officers and willfully harms them in the execution of a crime.
I will support federal penalties for anyone who targets and willfully harms law enforcement officers during a crime.
Occurrences
Evidence
Roll Call 23 recorded S. 5, Laken Riley Act, as passed on Jan. 22, 2025, 263-156. The vote listing shows Gray, Democratic, California, voting Yea.
Public Law 119-1 requires custody for covered aliens who are charged with, arrested for, convicted of, or admit acts constituting burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault of a law enforcement officer, or crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury. It also states the Secretary shall issue a detainer and take custody.
Assessments
Gray voted for S. 5, the Laken Riley Act, during his current U.S. House term, and the enacted law creates federal immigration custody consequences for covered noncitizens associated with assault of a law enforcement officer. That materially overlaps with the promise to support federal consequences for harming law enforcement officers during a crime, but it is narrower than promised because it is not a general federal penalty applying to anyone who targets and willfully harms officers. Therefore the promise is partially fulfilled, not fully delivered.