Sponsors (27)
The bill expands civil remedies and formal accountability for unlawful immigration enforcement—providing victims compensation and incentives for reform—while increasing litigation exposure, costs, and operational challenges for enforcement agencies.
Immigrants and other individuals subjected to unlawful immigration enforcement can bring civil suits to seek compensation and relief, giving victims a direct remedy and creating a legal deterrent to future misconduct.
Affirming constitutional protections and creating a pathway for accountability strengthens oversight of ICE/CBP and other enforcement actors, which can reduce unlawful searches, profiling, and abusive practices.
Documenting harms (injuries, deaths, public distrust) and formal findings can support policy reforms, training improvements, and reallocation of resources within immigration enforcement agencies.
Taxpayers and the federal government may face increased litigation, settlement, and defense costs as more suits are brought against enforcement actions, raising fiscal burdens on the Department of Justice and public coffers.
Exposure of a broader set of federal and local officers to lawsuits and official findings of misconduct could complicate enforcement operations, create hiring and retention challenges, and increase operational caution or paralysis.
Strong condemnatory findings and increased scrutiny could erode public confidence and cooperation in certain communities, potentially hindering immigration enforcement and related public-safety efforts.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Affirms constitutional violations by ICE/CBP and seeks to amend the FTCA to create or clarify civil remedies for victims of unlawful immigration enforcement actions.
Creates findings that ICE and CBP have violated constitutional rights (First, Fourth, Fifth, Fourteenth) through practices like racial profiling, unlawful searches, and due-process failures, and declares that civil suits can provide remedies. It also proposes an amendment to the Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. § 2674) to create or clarify a civil remedy for victims of unlawful immigration enforcement actions, but the amendment text provided is incomplete and does not show the specific legal changes, remedies, amounts, or deadlines.
Official title: To provide a civil remedy for any individual whose rights have been violated by an officer or agent of U.S. Customs and Border Protection or U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Introduced January 30, 2026 by Andrea Salinas · Last progress January 30, 2026