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The bill strengthens immigration enforcement, penalties, and conditional federal funding to compel local cooperation and protect officials, but does so at the cost of greater legal and financial exposure for jurisdictions, harsher detention and penalty regimes for noncitizens, and increased risk of chilling protest and nonprofit advocacy.
State and local governments that certify cooperation with federal immigration authorities keep eligibility for DOJ, DHS, HUD, and DOT grants and may receive reallocated funds from noncompliant jurisdictions.
Detention facilities must notify ICE quickly (24 hours) when a detainee is identified as a noncitizen, improving timeliness of information-sharing for immigration enforcement.
Victims of serious violent crimes allegedly caused by removable aliens can sue jurisdictions and recover damages and attorneys' fees, creating a federal civil remedy for injured persons.
Noncitizens charged with illegal entry/reentry face mandatory pretrial detention with no bond and substantially longer statutory sentences, increasing incarceration, collateral harms to families, and costs to taxpayers.
Raising civil penalties for improper entry to very high levels (e.g., $25,000–$100,000) risks imposing crushing fines on low-income noncitizens, causing destitution or prolonged legal and financial entanglements.
States and localities that decline or fail to certify cooperation can lose DOJ, DHS, HUD, and DOT grants or face recovery of funds for up to five years, creating budget shortfalls for local services and taxpayers.
Based on analysis of 8 sections of legislative text.
Conditions certain DOJ/DHS/HUD/DOT grants on local cooperation with immigration enforcement; raises illegal entry/reentry penalties and detention; expands obstruction crimes; narrows 501(c)(3) eligibility for groups supporting criminal violence.
Official title: Condition certain Federal funds for States and local governments on cooperation with Federal immigration enforcement authorities, to deter illegal entry and reentry into the United States, to increase criminal penalties for crimes committed after illegal reentry into the United States, to protect Federal officers and employees from agitators using loud noises to interfere with the performance of their official duties, and to exclude organizations that promote, incite, or provide material support for criminal violence from the tax benefits available under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Introduced February 5, 2026 by Eric Stephen Schmitt · Last progress February 5, 2026
Imposes federal conditions that bar jurisdictions with “sanctuary” policies from receiving certain DOJ, DHS, HUD, or DOT grants and requires certifications of cooperation with federal immigration enforcement; sharply increases criminal penalties and mandatory detention for illegal entry and reentry and shifts certain authorities to DHS; expands federal crimes and mandatory minimums for interfering with federal officers; and makes organizations that promote or materially support criminal violence ineligible for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Several provisions change criminal law and enforcement processes, condition federal funding on local practices, and change tax-exempt rules for nonprofits.