Creates a private right of action allowing victims to sue sanctuary jurisdictions for damages if harmed by an alien who benefited from a sanctuary policy that restricted compliance with ICE detainers or information sharing, and conditions certain federal grants on waiving immunity for such suits, so
the term ``sanctuary jurisdiction'' means 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-- (i) sending, receiving, maintaining, or exchanging with any Federal, State, or local government entity information regarding the citizenship or immigration status of any alien; or (ii) 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,
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Immigration enforcementstate federal cooperationAI label
Deems state and local officers complying with DHS detainers to be acting as federal agents, shields them and jurisdictions from liability in related lawsuits (substituting the U.S. as defendant), and requires compliance with federal regulations, so more state and local cooperation with immigrationen
A State, a political subdivision of a State, or an officer, employee, or agent of such State or political subdivision that complies with a detainer issued by the Department of Homeland Security pursuant to section 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1226 and 1357)-- (1) shall be deemed to be acting as an agent of the Department of Homeland Security;
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Immigration enforcementotherAI label
=No change to immigration enforcementmodel confidence 80%
Defines sanctuary jurisdictions and policies to exclude those that limit cooperation only for aliens who are victims or witnesses, and provides a rule of construction preserving liability for knowing violations of civil or constitutional rights, so no net change to the enforcement axis from these
A State or political subdivision of a State shall not be deemed a sanctuary jurisdiction based solely on having a policy whereby its officials will not share information regarding, or comply with a request 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 regarding, an alien who comes forward as a victim or a witness to a criminal offense.
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Stage: Committee · step 2 of 6
Last action
2026-02-05: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill substantively addresses immigration-enforcement by defining and targeting sanctuary policies that restrict information sharing or detainer compliance (with an exception for victims/witnesses), creating a civil damages action against jurisdictions that fail to comply with ICE requests when an alien later harms someone, conditioning certain federal grants on waiving sovereign immunity for such suits, and expanding protections and deemed federal agency status for state/local officers who do comply with detainers. The law-enforcement penalty enhancements in Sec. 5 are general criminal law