HR7612-119

In Committee

End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Feb 20, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers. The main policy domain is Immigration, Criminal Justice, Defense.

Who Benefits and How

immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies, immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section H7F83B400C37F4BE18F512F7A32525A9A: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026.
  • Section HD45BB693CEA349C5AB577956B025E993: 2. Obstruction of immigration laws by official interference Chapter 93 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:...
  • Section HF5245266E6D249789583448708023E1A: 1925. Obstruction of immigration laws by official interference In this section— the term criminal alien means an alien (as defined in section 101(a) of the...

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Key Policy Areas

Immigration, Criminal Justice, Defense

Primary Purpose

This bill, End Sanctuary Cities Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers.

Policy Domains

Immigration Criminal Justice Defense

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,
Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
  • immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers
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federal implementing agencies: ,
immigrants, border agencies, and immigration-service providers: ,

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Feb 20, 2026

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Feb 20, 2026

Introduced in House

Feb 20, 2026

Mr. Gooden introduced the following bill; which was referred to …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Immigration Criminal Justice Defense
Actor Mappings
"federal_implementing_agencies"
→ Federal agencies assigned duties by the bill

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

2 terms
"reasonable advance notice, with respect to the release of a criminal alien," §HD45BB693CEA349C5AB577956B025E993

notice regarding the scheduled release date and time of the criminal alien that is provided as early as practicable and, unless impossible, at least 48 hours prior to release

"reasonable advance notice, with respect to the release of a criminal alien," §HF5245266E6D249789583448708023E1A

notice regarding the scheduled release date and time of the criminal alien that is provided as early as practicable and, unless impossible, at least 48 hours prior to release

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