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The bill trades stronger leverage for federal immigration enforcement (by tying HUD funding to cooperation) against the risk that vulnerable residents in non-cooperative jurisdictions will lose critical housing services and that local autonomy will be weakened.
State and local jurisdictions that cooperate with DHS detainer and notification requests will keep HUD grant funding, preserving public housing, community development, and homelessness programs for residents.
Jurisdictions that refuse cooperation face withholding of HUD funds, creating a financial incentive to comply with federal immigration enforcement priorities.
Residents in jurisdictions labeled 'sanctuary' — especially immigrants, low-income families, and people experiencing homelessness — risk losing access to public housing, community development, and homelessness services if HUD grants are withheld.
State and local governments may have funding decisions effectively determined by DHS and HUD, politicizing federal grants, undermining local autonomy, and pressuring changes to public-safety or privacy policies.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Makes jurisdictions that restrict immigration-status information sharing or refuse certain DHS detainer/notification requests ineligible for HUD grant funds distributed 180 days after enactment.
Official title: To establish that sanctuary jurisdictions are not eligible for any grant funds administered by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for use in such jurisdiction, and for other purposes.
Introduced September 2, 2026 by Troy Downing · Last progress September 2, 2026
Prohibits any State or local jurisdiction that qualifies as a "sanctuary jurisdiction" from receiving HUD grant funds for use in that jurisdiction, beginning 180 days after the law takes effect. A "sanctuary jurisdiction" is defined by laws, ordinances, policies, or practices that limit sharing or honoring federal immigration information or certain DHS detainer/notification requests; HUD must consult DHS to identify covered jurisdictions. The measure conditions future HUD grants on local immigration cooperation by removing eligibility for jurisdictions that prohibit or restrict exchanging citizenship/immigration status information with government entities or that limit compliance with specified DHS requests.