To impose a hiring freeze on United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and for other purposes.
Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill imposes a funding-based hiring freeze on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Beginning on enactment, no federal funds may be obligated or spent to appoint anyone to an ICE position or to detail or transfer any federal employee to ICE. The freeze remains in effect until Congress enacts a later law that specifically references the subsection and supersedes, overrides, or otherwise modifies it.
Who Benefits and How
Immigration-enforcement critics and budget watchdogs benefit from a hard cap on growing ICE staff through new appointments, transfers, or details. Federal employees outside ICE benefit from protection against involuntary details or transfers into ICE while the freeze is active. Congress retains control because only a specific statutory override ends or changes the freeze.
Who Bears the Burden and How
ICE and DHS lose flexibility to fill vacancies, expand staffing, or borrow personnel from other agencies. Prospective ICE employees and federal employees seeking ICE transfers lose those job pathways. ICE operations may face capacity constraints if attrition continues while the funding bar remains in effect.
Key Provisions
- Bars federal funds from being used to appoint any individual to an ICE position after enactment.
- Bars federal funds from being used to detail or transfer any federal employee to ICE.
- Keeps the freeze in place until Congress enacts a later law that specifically references and overrides, supersedes, or modifies it.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Freezes ICE hiring, transfers, and details by barring federal funds for appointments or employee movements into ICE until Congress specifically overrides the freeze.
Key Policy Areas
Immigration, Government, Labor
Primary Purpose
Freezes ICE hiring, transfers, and details by barring federal funds for appointments or employee movements into ICE until Congress specifically overrides the freeze.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Immigration enforcement critics
- Budget watchdogs
- Federal employees
- Congress
Identified Costs
- ICE
- DHS
- Prospective ICE employees
- Federal employees seeking ICE transfers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement.
Referred to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Introduced in House
Mrs. Fletcher (for herself, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "dhs"
- → Department of Homeland Security
- "ice"
- → U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
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