Prohibits new contracts and requires termination of existing ones for private contractors to perform skip tracing, surveillance, or location verification for civil immigration enforcement, and bars per-person or bonus payments to private entities for locating people subject to detainers, so less use
The Secretary of Homeland Security-- (A) may not enter into any contract or memorandum of understanding with any person after the date of the enactment of this Act to perform skip tracing, surveillance, or location verification for the purpose of civil enforcement of the immigration laws;
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Limits federal use of private contractors for immigration enforcement activities like locating individuals subject to civil detainers, reducing federal-private cooperation in enforcement.
no Federal funds may be used to pay a private entity on a per-person or bonus basis for locating an individual who is subject to a civil immigration detainer.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-01-20: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill limits federal use of private contractors for specific immigration enforcement tasks (skip tracing, surveillance, location for civil enforcement and detainers), requiring termination of existing contracts and barring incentive payments, which restricts the scope of immigration enforcement involving private entities.