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During House floor debate on Thursday, Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) spoke in support of HR 875, the Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act.
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00:00recognized. I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today in strong support
00:06of H.R. 875 that Jeremy and Angel C. and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza protect our communities from
00:14DUI's Act of 2025. This piece of legislation is crucial to restoring common sense to our
00:21nation's judicial system. Over the past four years, the Biden administration has allowed
00:26millions of undocumented immigrants to pour into our country. Along with zero oversight
00:31and accountability for the crisis, the Biden administration allowed illegal immigrants to
00:35stay in the country, even after committing horrible crimes. This piece of legislation
00:41would give the courts the ability to deport illegal aliens from America and borrow them
00:47from re-entry if they are convicted of a DUI or a DUI-related charge. This issue hits home
00:54for me. In my district, a 15-year-old girl and her grandmother were killed, killed by an illegal
01:03alien who was driving drunk. This was a terrible, avoidable tragedy, and sadly, true justice was not
01:11served. The assailant only received 15 years per death and will be out to roam free in America by
01:19the time he is 67 years old. Madam Speaker, this was in Nahuna, Georgia, in Brantley County, in my district.
01:26I met with the grandmother, the other grandmother of this child, who shared with me the grief that this
01:37family has gone through since that time. There's no reason, no reason at all, that this should have
01:45happened. There's no reason for the American taxpayer to have to fund the incarceration of this person or
01:52any other programs to help him get back on the streets of Georgia. Though my example is the worst
01:59outcome possible, illegal aliens should not be able to stay in America with a minor penalty for driving
02:04under the influence in the first place. This legislation would close this loophole, and I thank the
02:10gentlemen for Alabama for doing this, for bringing this forward. It would close that loophole that
02:16allows illegal aliens to get off lightly when committing fatal acts such as vehicular manslaughter
02:21under the influence. I urge my colleagues to vote in support of this legislation to help bring back
02:27common sense to our immigration and legal systems after these four years of pure chaos.
02:33Thank you, Madam Speaker, and I yield back.
02:38Madam Speaker, I reserve.
02:40The gentleman from Alabama reserves, the gentleman from

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