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The bill conditions federal funding and reporting on local cooperation with federal immigration enforcement—boosting federal oversight and rewarding compliant jurisdictions, while risking funding cuts, higher local administrative costs, and increased immigration enforcement impacts on communities.
State and local governments: jurisdictions that comply with federal immigration-cooperation requirements will retain access to federal grants and funding, preserving revenue streams for local programs and services.
Federal policymakers and taxpayers: Congress will receive an annual, centralized report on jurisdictions' compliance, increasing federal oversight and transparency of how localities interact with immigration enforcement.
Immigrant communities: increased local law-enforcement cooperation with federal immigration authorities raises the risk of detention or deportation for immigrants, harming individuals and families and chilling community interaction with police.
State and local governments and residents: jurisdictions found noncompliant can lose federal funding for at least a year, reducing resources available for local services and programs that residents depend on.
State and local governments (and taxpayers): jurisdictions may need to divert administrative resources to respond to Attorney General reports and certification processes, increasing local costs and bureaucratic burden.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Conditions eligibility for federal financial assistance on jurisdiction compliance with federal immigration information-sharing and detainer/notification requests and requires annual AG reports to Congress.
Requires the Attorney General to identify each year which state or local jurisdictions fail to comply with federal rules on sharing immigration information or refusing federal requests to hold or notify about noncitizens. Any jurisdiction the Attorney General finds noncompliant becomes ineligible for federal financial assistance for at least one year and can regain eligibility only after the Attorney General certifies it is following the federal rules. The Attorney General must report these findings to Congress annually by March 1 and must produce a compliance report if any Member of Congress requests one.
Introduced June 10, 2025 by Sheri Biggs · Last progress June 10, 2025