Scott Gardner Act
Current understanding
The Scott Gardner Act is a legislative proposal that would condition State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP) funding on state and local law enforcement sharing immigration status and DWI-related information with federal authorities. It would also require the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) to flag records of deportable aliens and authorize apprehension of aliens for driving-while-intoxicated offenses. Practical effect: expands federal-local information sharing obligations and creates a new immigration enforcement trigger tied to DWI arrests; status: introduced.
Evidence log
- 2025-01-17 — Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act: cross-connection with preventing-violence-against-women-illegal-aliens-act: Companion approach of adding specific offense categories (DUI vs. domestic-violence/stalking/child-abuse) to inadmissibility and deportability grounds. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-06-27 — Jeremy and Angel Seay and Sergeant Brandon Mendoza Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act of 2025: cross-connection with dui-inadmissibility-deportability: Both proposals expand immigration consequences tied to impaired-driving offenses, targeting non-citizens with DUI-related conduct through inadmissibility/removal grounds. (novelty: 2)
- 2025-02-10 — Laken Riley Act: cross-connection with laken-riley-act: Both are victim-named statutes expanding detention/enforcement obligations tied to criminal conduct by unlawfully present noncitizens. (novelty: 3)
- 2005-10-17 — Scott Gardner Act: Finding identifies the bill as HR3776 (109th Congress, 2005), referred to subcommittee and never enacted; reiterates provisions for DHS-state/local information sharing on immigration and DWI records, NCIC flagging of deportable aliens, and detention authority for DWI-arrested aliens. (novelty: 2)
- 2007-03-12 — Scott Gardner Act: Finding reiterates core provisions: mandatory state/local reporting of immigration and DWI data to DHS, NCIC flagging of deportable aliens, and detention authority for DWI-arrested aliens pending federal transfer (status: introduced). (novelty: 2)
- 2009-03-16 — Scott Gardner Act: cross-connection with mobilizing-against-sanctuary-cities-act: Both condition or restrict federal support for state/local jurisdictions based on cooperation with federal immigration enforcement and information sharing. (novelty: 2)