# Plain Language Summary: Punishing Illegal Immigrant Felons Act of 2025

This bill increases criminal penalties for people who are in the United States illegally and commit crimes. Specifically, it creates mandatory additional prison sentences on top of whatever punishment someone receives for their actual crime. The bill targets two groups: people who entered the country illegally and people who were previously deported and came back.

For someone who entered the country illegally and is later convicted of any crime that carries more than one year in prison, this bill adds a mandatory minimum of 5 additional years on top of their sentence for that crime. For example, if someone is convicted of a felony that normally carries a 3-year sentence, they would now serve at least 8 years total—the original 3 years plus the new 5-year minimum. The bill also increases the base penalty for illegal entry itself from 2 years to 5 years in prison.

For people who were previously deported and return to the country illegally, the penalties are even harsher. If they're caught re-entering after deportation, the base penalty jumps from 2 years to 10 years in prison. If they were deported because of a prior felony conviction—whether it was an aggravated felony, any crime classified as a felony, or any crime punishable by more than one year in prison—and they return and commit another crime, they face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison plus fines. The bill removes a previous exception that had treated some non-aggravated felonies more leniently, making the penalties more uniform and severe across different types of crimes.

The practical effect is that immigrants convicted of crimes while unlawfully present will face significantly longer prison sentences than they would have under current law, with mandatory minimums that judges cannot reduce regardless of individual circumstances.