S.Amdt. 52

As your legislative analyst, let's break down what Mr. Hawley is trying to do here with this amendment, using only the exact details given to us in the congressional record.

The underlying bill, S. 5, requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to take certain aliens into custody if they have been charged in the United States with theft, along with other purposes.

Mr. Hawley's amendment aims to change the bill by adding specific new offenses to that list. Specifically, it inserts two new categories:

• any crime involving the use or operation of a motor vehicle

• any crime that victimizes a minor child

That is the sum and substance of what this amendment adds to the bill, straight from the text.