Close immigration loopholes so undocumented immigrants who commit crimes cannot escape justice.

Senator Grassley is sponsoring legislation to close loopholes that allow illegal immigrants who commit a crime to escape justice.

Grassley commits through sponsored legislation to close immigration-related criminal justice loopholes.

Issues - Senator Chuck Grassley
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The Judiciary reconciliation title includes funding for immigration enforcement, including money for ICE, immigration judges, grants to locate and apprehend aliens unlawfully present or who have committed crimes, and temporary criminal detention of aliens.

Grassley backed a concrete legislative package that would expand federal tools for apprehending, detaining, and prosecuting criminal aliens, but it was a funding/proposal step rather than completed policy delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

reconciliation_-_senate_judiciary_committee_-_final.pdf
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Grassley said the Judiciary Committee had recently advanced legislation to strengthen criminal laws, including bills to improve federal prosecution of carjacking and target criminals who commit robberies at ATMs.

In the last lookback window, Grassley was still actively advancing public-safety legislation, but this statement did not show completed delivery on the immigration-crime promise itself.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Grassley Addresses Law Enforcement Leaders, Highlights Congressional Efforts to Support Officers
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Public Law 119-1 amended INA detention rules to require DHS custody/detainers for inadmissible aliens tied to burglary, theft, larceny, shoplifting, assault on law enforcement, or crimes causing death or serious bodily injury.

The enacted Laken Riley Act partially fulfills the promise by closing detention/release gaps for specific immigration-crime categories, but it does not cover every undocumented immigrant who commits any crime or fully resolve all justice-escape scenarios.

partial same_term

Public Law 119-1 - Laken Riley Act
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Chuck Grassley [R-IA] as an original cosponsor of S.5 on January 6, 2025.

Grassley took concrete legislative action on the enacted Laken Riley Act, directly connecting him to the partial policy delivery.

partial same_term A for effort

Cosponsors - S.5 - 119th Congress: Laken Riley Act
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The Senate roll call shows S.5, as amended, passed 64-35, and Grassley voted Yea.

Grassley voted for final Senate passage of the immigration detention bill that later became Public Law 119-1.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 119th Congress, Vote 7, S.5 Passage
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Congress.gov says Ernst, for herself and Grassley, proposed S.Amdt.8; the amendment added mandatory detention coverage for crimes resulting in death or serious bodily injury and was agreed to in the Senate.

Grassley co-led a concrete amendment, based on Sarah's Law, that broadened the enacted Laken Riley Act toward the promised criminal-immigration accountability goal.

partial same_term A for effort

S.Amdt.8 to S.5 - 119th Congress
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The Senate Judiciary Committee states the One Big Beautiful Bill Act allocated significant ICE funds and that the funding was shepherded into law under Chairman Grassley's leadership.

The enacted reconciliation law funded immigration enforcement and removal operations, strengthening implementation capacity, but funding alone is not a complete closure of all immigration-crime loopholes.

partial same_term A for effort

Grassley Applauds Immigration Enforcement Efforts Following Enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill
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Congress.gov lists Grassley as an original cosponsor of S.1517, a bill to add sexual assault and aggravated sexual violence to INA aggravated-felony grounds to expedite removal; latest action was referral to Judiciary.

Grassley pursued another targeted criminal-removal bill, but the record shows introduction/referral rather than enactment, so it supports effort and partial progress rather than full fulfillment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

All Information - S.1517 - 119th Congress: BE GONE Act
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