NEW: 150 House Dems vote AGAINST bill to deport illegal immigrants caught driving under the influence

In a vote on the House floor on Wednesday, 150 Democrats voted against passing a bill that would deport illegal immigrants caught driving under the influence. 

274 House members voted to pass the bill, including 215 Republicans and 59 Democrats.

Rep Barry Moore (R-AL) introduced the bill to the House on January 11. 

HR 6976, also called the Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act, makes it a deportable offense for an illegal immigrant to be convicted of or admitted to driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. 

Moore said in a Judiciary Committee hearing on the bill, "Every 45 minutes -- that is how often someone in the United States dies in a crash with an alcohol-impaired driver. In 2021 alone, there were 13,384 impaired driving fatalities and 400,000 injuries. Those crashes don't discriminate. It could me, it could be you, could be one of our family members. 

"This issue hits close to home for me. There was a newlywed couple from my hometown of Enterprise named Angel and Jeremy Seay, I knew this couple personally. Angel and Jeremy were riding their motorcycle together when out of nowhere an illegal immigrant under the influence of alcohol plowed into them with his pick-up truck. Their lives were cut short, and unfortunately tragedies like this one are not uncommon across our country."