The legislation would increase penalties for citizens and allow anyone who is not a citizen to be deported for evading arrest or detention while driving a vehicle within 100 miles of the border.

The legislation passed the House last January with bipartisan support but died in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

House Republicans passed legislation Thursday that called for stiff penalties for migrants that try to evade Border Patrol agents by leading them on high-speed car chases. The House of Representatives voted 264 to 155 in favor of the H.