Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act

HR 6976, the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act, amends U.S. immigration law to make certain DUI convictions a basis for denying entry or requiring deportation of non-citizens. Specifically, it adds new provisions to the Immigration and Nationality Act: Section 212(a)(2) makes non-citizens inadmissible if convicted of driving while intoxicated or impaired (including DUI), regardless of whether the offense was classified as a misdemeanor or felony under state or local law. Section 237(a)(2) similarly makes such convictions grounds for deportation of non-citizens already in the U.S. The bill directly affects non-citizens with DUI convictions, linking those offenses to immigration consequences without changing DUI laws themselves.