Sponsors (20)
The bill conditions federal grant eligibility and introduces centralized reporting to enforce cooperation with federal immigration requests — preserving funding for compliant jurisdictions and increasing oversight, but risking funding cuts, reduced local autonomy, administrative strain on small jurisdictions, and eroded trust with immigrant communities.
State and local governments that comply with federal immigration communication and detainer requests will remain eligible for federal grants and aid, helping preserve funding for local public services (schools, public safety, social services).
Taxpayers and Congress will receive an annual centralized report on local compliance with federal immigration cooperation requests, increasing transparency and enabling federal oversight of coordination between jurisdictions and immigration authorities.
State and local governments (and the residents who rely on them) in jurisdictions deemed noncompliant could lose federal funding for at least a year, reducing resources available for schools, public safety, and social services.
Immigrant communities and local governments may experience federal intrusion into local law enforcement priorities and strained trust with residents if access to federal funds is conditioned on complying with detainer/notification requests.
Smaller local jurisdictions may face added administrative burdens and potential unfair targeting in reports because they may lack the capacity to meet federal immigration-request procedures quickly.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Creates an annual AG report naming jurisdictions that don't comply with certain federal immigration-cooperation laws and bars listed jurisdictions from federal financial assistance for at least one year.
Official title: To prohibit the receipt of Federal financial assistance by sanctuary cities, and for other purposes.
Introduced June 10, 2025 by Sheri Biggs · Last progress June 10, 2025
Requires the Attorney General to identify each state or local jurisdiction each year that does not comply with federal immigration communication rules (8 U.S.C. §1373) or that refuses lawful DHS requests to detain or be notified about noncitizens. Jurisdictions listed in the Attorney General’s report are barred from receiving federal financial assistance for at least one year and can only regain eligibility after the AG certifies compliance; Members of Congress may request compliance reports about particular jurisdictions.