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The bill shifts federal grant incentives toward jurisdictions that partner on 287(g) immigration enforcement—boosting funding and enforcement capacity for those localities while increasing deportation risk for immigrants and reducing resources for community-trust and nonenforcement safety strategies.
State and local governments that adopt or maintain 287(g) agreements are more likely to receive priority for federal criminal-justice grants, increasing funding for local policing and public-safety programs.
Communities with 287(g) partnerships can gain faster access to federal enforcement resources, potentially improving local public-safety response capabilities.
Immigrants in jurisdictions that receive prioritized funding for 287(g) agreements face increased local enforcement and higher risk of detention or deportation.
Prioritizing jurisdictions with 287(g) pacts could divert competitive federal grant dollars away from communities investing in community policing and immigrant-trust-building strategies, weakening alternatives that promote public safety through engagement.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Gives priority consideration for certain federal public-safety grant applications to states or localities that have a written 287(g) agreement with DHS.
Expands which applicants get priority for certain federal public-safety grant funds by adding states or localities that have a written agreement with the Department of Homeland Security under 8 U.S.C. 1357(g) (the 287(g) program). The change makes jurisdictions that partner with DHS on immigration enforcement more likely to receive priority consideration when applying for these grants. This is a narrowly focused amendment to grant-priority rules; it does not create new spending, change taxes, or directly impose new duties on states beyond the incentive to enter or maintain a 287(g) agreement.
Introduced March 19, 2026 by Nancy Mace · Last progress March 19, 2026