To provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, and to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
The bill provides withholds federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions that prohibit law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, reallocating those funds to cooperating jurisdictions, requires CBP to provide information on immigration violators to NCIC database, including those with removal orders, overstays, or revoked visas, and mandates DOJ to maintain these records, and mandates state and local governments to submit detailed information about apprehended aliens to the Secretary of Homeland Security, including personal identification and encounter details. It relies on compliance mandates, appropriations, reporting requirements, and definition changes. The main policy areas are Appropriations, Criminal Justice, Housing, and Trade.
Who Benefits and How
State and local law enforcement officers could face reduced risk, State and local law enforcement agencies could face reduced risk, and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations would be affected.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Undocumented immigrants could face increased risk, State and local law enforcement agencies would take on compliance duties, and Federal taxpayers could face higher costs.
Key Provisions
- Provides withholds federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions that prohibit law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, reallocating those funds to cooperating jurisdictions.
- Requires CBP to provide information on immigration violators to NCIC database, including those with removal orders, overstays, or revoked visas, and mandates DOJ to maintain these records.
- Mandates state and local governments to submit detailed information about apprehended aliens to the Secretary of Homeland Security, including personal identification and encounter details.
- Establishes a grant program for states and localities that assist with immigration enforcement, providing funding for equipment, technology, and facilities related to investigating, apprehending, and detaining...
- Mandates construction or acquisition of 20 new federal detention facilities for aliens pending removal, and changes ICE appropriation language from discretionary to mandatory spending.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
The bill provides withholds federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions that prohibit law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, reallocating those funds to cooperating jurisdictions, requires CBP to provide information on immigration violators to NCIC database, including those with removal orders, overstays, or revoked visas, and mandates DOJ to maintain these records, and mandates state and local governments to submit detailed information about apprehended aliens to the Secretary of Homeland Security, including personal identification and encounter details.
Key Policy Areas
Appropriations, Criminal Justice, Housing, Trade
Primary Purpose
The bill provides withholds federal funds from sanctuary jurisdictions that prohibit law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement, reallocating those funds to cooperating jurisdictions, requires CBP to provide information on immigration violators to NCIC database, including those with removal orders, overstays, or revoked visas, and mandates DOJ to maintain these records, and mandates state and local governments to submit detailed information about apprehended aliens to the Secretary of Homeland Security, including personal identification and encounter details.
Policy Domains
Division A - Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025
Identified Gains
- State and local law enforcement officers
- State and local law enforcement agencies
- ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations
- Department of Homeland Security
- State and local governments cooperating with immigration enforcement
Identified Costs
- Undocumented immigrants
- State and local law enforcement agencies
- Federal taxpayers
- Sanctuary cities and states with non-cooperation policies
- Criminal aliens in state prisons
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Issa (for himself, Mr. Crane, Mr. Gooden, Mr. Haridopolos, …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Sanctuary cities and states with non-cooperation policies, State and local governments cooperating with immigration enforcement, State and local law enforcement agencies
State and local law enforcement agencies faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: State and local governments cooperating with immigration enforcement, State and local law enforcement officers, States and localities cooperating with immigration enforcement, States receiving SCAAP funds
Negative-direction: Sanctuary cities and states with non-cooperation policies
Civil rights plaintiffs, Criminal aliens in state prisons, Taxpayers
Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security / FLETC
Department of Homeland Security faces effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations
Negative-direction: Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security / FLETC, Department of Homeland Security / ICE, Department of Justice / NCIC
Detention facility contractors, Private detention facility operators and contractors, State and local detention facilities
Positive-direction: Detention facility contractors, Private detention facility operators and contractors, State and local detention facilities
Negative-direction: State correctional facilities
Training and e-learning technology vendors
Law enforcement equipment and technology vendors
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_president"
- → President of the United States
- "the_secretary"
- → Various agency secretaries depending on appropriation
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Health and Human Services
- "the_secretary"
- → Secretary of Homeland Security (2202)
- "the_commission"
- → Commodity Futures Trading Commission (2201)
Note: 'The Secretary' refers to different cabinet secretaries depending on the section: HHS for healthcare provisions, Homeland Security for cybersecurity provisions
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