Prohibits federal earmarks to jurisdictions with policies limiting cooperation with federal immigration authorities on citizenship/immigration status info or detainers, so more immigration enforcement.
No Federal funds may be used for a congressional earmark targeted to a State or unit of local government which is a sanctuary jurisdiction.
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Defines sanctuary jurisdictions to include those restricting sending/receiving immigration status info or complying with DHS detainer/notify requests (with victim/witness exception), and bars earmarks to them, incentivizing more state/local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.
any State or political subdivision of a State that has in effect a statute, ordinance, policy, or practice that prohibits or restricts any government entity or official from-- (1) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, State, or local government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status (lawful or unlawful) of any individual; or (2) complying with a request lawfully made by the Department of Homeland Security under section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357) to comply with a detainer for, or notify about,
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2025-01-03: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill bans congressional earmarks to defined sanctuary jurisdictions that limit information-sharing or compliance with federal immigration detainers/requests (with narrow exception), expanding immigration enforcement by pressuring more state/local cooperation with ICE/DHS.
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2025-01-03
House
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.