House Passes Bill To Deport Migrants Who Assault Police Officers
The Republican-controlled House has approved legislation requiring the automatic detention and deportation of illegal immigrants who assault law enforcement officers — a commonsense measure that passed despite heavy Democrat opposition.
The Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act, led by Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ), passed 265–148, with 54 Democrats breaking ranks to side with the GOP.
“There is no reason that an illegal alien who attacks our law enforcement should remain in our country; that shows zero respect for our rule of law or our institutions, and they will not be positive contributors to society,” Van Drew declared after the vote.
The bill mandates federal custody of illegal immigrants until deportation and creates a new category of inadmissibility specifically for migrants who attack police officers.
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) blasted Democrats for opposing the measure, saying: “House Democrats just voted to protect violent, illegal immigrants over our brave law enforcement officers. Once again, the Democrat Party proves they are the most anti-law enforcement party in history.”
Meanwhile, Democrats are facing another political crisis — this time on the economy. Despite months of media-driven fearmongering about President Trump’s tariffs, a CNN poll stunned even CNN’s own data analyst Harry Enten by showing Republicans maintaining a commanding lead on economic issues.
“You would think … after the last few months, the first four months of the Donald Trump presidency, that you’d expect that Democrats would have this massive lead on the economy. It ain’t so. It ain’t so,” Enten told CNN anchor Kate Bolduan.
Enten explained that Republicans now hold an eight-point advantage in CNN’s polling on which party best represents Americans’ economic views — down only slightly from an 11-point lead in 2023.
“How is that possible, Democrats? How is that possible after all the recession fears, after the stock market’s been doing all of this, after all the tariffs that Americans are against, and Republicans still hold an eight point lead on the economy. Are you kidding me?” Enten said.
The trend is not isolated. Enten pointed to Reuters/IPSOS polling, which showed Republicans with a nine-point advantage in May 2024, just before Trump’s re-election. By May 2025, that advantage had grown to 12 points.
“This speaks to Democratic problems on the economy better than basically anything that you could possibly look at,” Enten admitted.
The takeaway is clear: while Democrats defend illegal immigrants who attack police and stumble on economic messaging, President Trump and the Republican Party continue to dominate on the two issues that matter most to Americans — law and order, and financial security.