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Repeals two sections of a prior law that funded ICE enforcement and cancels any unobligated balances those sections provided, effective on enactment.
Official title: To amend an Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of Public Law 119-21 (commonly referred to as the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act") to remove funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Introduced February 4, 2026 by Yassamin Ansari · Last progress February 4, 2026
The bill increases scrutiny and protections around immigration detention and trims unused federal balances to reduce projected spending, trading improved detainee protections and fiscal clarity against risks of funding losses for state/local programs, administrative uncertainty, and greater politicization of immigration oversight.
Immigrants in detention (including asylum seekers, families, and children) would have stronger emphasis on due process and respect for rights in federal immigration policy.
Detention oversight findings could prompt reforms that improve health, safety, and care conditions for asylum seekers, families, and children in immigration custody.
Increased scrutiny of unlawful arrests and detentions could raise accountability and reduce wrongful detentions of citizens and lawful permanent residents.
State and local governments, nonprofits, and program recipients could lose expected funding or face halted grants/projects because unobligated balances or previously authorized sections are canceled or repealed.
Repeal or cancellation without explanatory language risks legal and administrative uncertainty (confusion about ongoing programs, funding, or authorities), potentially causing delays, extra litigation, or administrative costs.
Strongly worded findings that target a specific Administration could politicize immigration oversight, deepen partisan divides, and complicate bipartisan cooperation on future reforms.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Repeals two specific sections of a prior law that funded expanded ICE enforcement and cancels any unobligated balances that those sections provided. The bill is designed to remove remaining, unspent funds tied to those two provisions and grounds its action in findings about cruelty, misuse of detention, and diversion of DHS resources toward immigration enforcement. The measure does not create new programs or set new spending levels; it simply eliminates the named statutory provisions and rescinds any unobligated money that had been allocated by them, effective on enactment.