{"id":2235067,"date":"2024-05-01T21:23:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-would-alert-immigration-when-non-citizen-tries-to-buy-guns\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T21:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:25:59","slug":"bill-would-alert-immigration-when-non-citizen-tries-to-buy-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-would-alert-immigration-when-non-citizen-tries-to-buy-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill proposes notifying immigration authorities when a non-citizen attempts to purchase firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-would-alert-immigration-when-non-citizen-tries-to-buy-guns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2235067&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The summary is about a video\u200d where RFK Jr. challenges\u2064 Biden to take a \u200c&#8217;no-spoiler pledge&#8217;. It mentions that nearly 15 million undocumented individuals are on the FBI&#8217;s firearm purchase prohibition list. The National \u2063Instant Criminal \u2062Background Check system may not\u200c inform immigration authorities \u200babout these individuals. The \u2062content suggests proposed legislation to\u200c address this issue. Your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-protesters-blocking-roads-extremists-harassing-others-at-colleges-not-tolerated-in-florida\/\" title=\"DeSantis: Florida Does Not Tolerate Road Blockades or Campus Harassment\">provided summary effectively captures<\/a> the key points \u200dof the article. \u2062It conveys the video content, RFK Jr.&#8217;s\u200c challenge to Biden, the issue of undocumented individuals on the FBI&#8217;s firearm\u2064 purchase list, and the proposed legislation to improve communication between agencies. Well done!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RFK Jr. challenges Biden to take a \u2018no-spoiler pledge\u2019 determining who will drop out\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cFynKbuUEZY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Nearly 15 million people living in or entering the country illegally are on an FBI list prohibiting purchase of firearms.<\/p>\n<p>However, the National Instant Criminal Background Check system isn\u2019t required to let immigration authorities know if one of those 14.8 million is an applicant and in America. Legislation is proposed to change it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is already against the law for an illegal immigrant to purchase a firearm, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/nics_act.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>this legislation would notify the appropriate authorities<\/strong><\/a> when an illegal immigrant tries to break the law,\u201d said U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., who co-sponsored the bill.<\/p>\n<p>Arkansas Republican Tom Cotton authored the legislation. He and Tillis are joined by Republican Sens. John Boozman of Arkansas, Joni Ernst of Iowa and Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming introducing the Illegal Alien NICS Alert Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who come into America illegally should be detained and deported,\u201d Cotton said in a release. \u201cThey certainly shouldn\u2019t be able to purchase a firearm. Our bill is necessary to ensure the proper authorities are notified when an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-house-republicans-have-done-one-month-after-retaking-majority\/\" title=\"What House Republicans Have Done One Month After Retaking Majority\">illegal immigrant attempts<\/a> to buy a gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As proposed, the National Instant Criminal Background Check System would have to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, also known as ICE, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scalise-reveals-first-legislation-for-republican-house\/\" title=\"Scalise Announces First Legislation For Republican House\">relevant local law enforcement<\/a> when people living in the country illegally try to purchase a gun.<\/p>\n<p>Since Nov. 30, 1998, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-judiciary-chairman-says-gun-control-is-top-priority\/\" title=\"Senate Judiciary Chairman Says Gun Control Is \u2018Top Priority\u2019\">background check system<\/a> has denied 49,411 attempted firearms purchases by people in the country illegally, a release from Tillis says.<\/p>\n<p>By law, the federal firearms licensee selling a person a firearm at a store contacts the background check system. The prospective purchaser is verified or denied. The FBI has a record of prohibited persons, with 14.8 million people in the country illegally among them, but is not required to notify immigration authorities or law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Lummis said she has \u201cno confidence in this administration\u2019s willingness or ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-republican-redirect-bidens-secret-flights-of-illegal-aliens-to-his-home-state-of-delaware\/\" title=\"Pennsylvania Republican: Redirect Biden's Secret Flights of Illegal Aliens to His Home State of Delaware\">prevent illegal aliens<\/a> from unlawfully entering our country, let alone in preventing them from illegally obtaining a firearm.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 15 million undocumented individuals are on the FBI&#8217;s firearm purchase prohibition list. The National Instant Criminal Background Check system may not inform immigration authorities if one of these individuals applies in the U.S. Proposed legislation aims to address this gap and enhance communication between agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2235068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24079766629949.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2235067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24079766629949.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}