HR 875 - Protect Our Communities from DUI’s Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Tom McClintock (CA-05) delivered the following remarks on the House floor on the Protect Our Communities from DUI’s Act :

HR 875
Protect Our Communities from DUI’s Act
June 26, 2025

Mr. Speaker:

This bill presents a simple proposition: Should someone who is a guest in this country, who endangers Americans while driving drunk, be allowed to stay in this country?  Republicans say, “Of course not.”  The Democrats say, “Sure.”

That should be a no-brainer, especially after so many incidents of preventable DUI traffic deaths involving foreign nationals.  Mr. Moore and Mr. Carter mentioned some of the cases of illegal aliens with multiple drunk driving offenses – released time and again and not deported – while the butcher’s bill steadily grows.  

Why are such a people allowed to remain in our country? Because the Democrats want it that way. 

In 2020, Joe Biden said that illegal aliens with DUI convictions should be allowed to stay in the United States.  He said, (QUOTE) “you only arrest for the purpose of dealing with a felony that’s committed, and I don’t count drunk driving as a felony.” 

When Republicans tried to enact this law in 2021, then Democratic Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler opposed any limit to DUI convictions, saying “[W]hether someone has 2, or 6, or 10, or 20 convictions of DUI 30 years ago, someone can change.”  Which begs the question, how many must die before they change?

Through so many of these debates, the Democrats have consistently supported open borders, sanctuary laws that shield violent criminals, and even modest measures like this one that says we shouldn’t have to tolerate guests in this country who recklessly endanger our families.  Now they tell us that to stop their riots, we have to stop enforcing our existing immigration laws.

The American people need to take note of debates like this, because none more clearly differentiate the two political parties today.

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