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The bill trades a significant reduction in federal immigration enforcement and related civil‑liberties harms for risks of enforcement and investigative gaps, transitional costs, detainee‑care uncertainty, and operational burdens on border communities, local governments, and federal employees.
Immigrants and noncitizen communities would face an immediate stop to ICE enforcement actions, reducing federal immigration arrests, removals, and related civil‑liberties risks.
Local governments and urban communities could regain more control over public‑safety priorities and face fewer federal militarized immigration raids.
Taxpayers could see a small immediate reduction in federal spending through rescission of ICE unobligated balances.
Border communities and national security operations could face gaps in immigration enforcement and border security previously handled by ICE, risking decreased ability to identify and remove dangerous actors or respond to cross‑border threats.
Victim‑witness assistance and criminal‑investigation functions (including human trafficking and transnational crime investigations) performed by ICE may be interrupted, impeding investigations and support for crime victims.
Abolishing or restructuring ICE could create substantial transitional costs, administrative disruption, and potential legal liabilities for DHS and taxpayers during transfers of responsibilities and assets.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Bans federal funding for ICE functions, rescinds ICE unobligated balances, transfers ICE assets/liabilities to DHS, and abolishes ICE 90 days after enactment.
Introduced January 15, 2026 by Shri Thanedar · Last progress January 15, 2026
Abolishes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) by banning federal funding for ICE functions, rescinding the agency’s unobligated balances, transferring ICE assets and liabilities to the Secretary of Homeland Security, and formally terminating the agency 90 days after enactment. The bill bases the action on findings that describe recent enforcement operations and alleged abuses and concludes ICE cannot be reformed.