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The bill temporarily limits civil immigration enforcement on host-city transit systems to reduce fear, travel disruption, and agency liability during the event, at the cost of potentially delaying enforcement that could identify dangerous individuals and imposing coordination or cost burdens on local authorities.
Attendees and residents in host-city transit systems face fewer on-transit civil immigration stops during the tournament period, reducing fear, travel disruptions, and barriers to using transit.
Commuters and event visitors experience fewer enforcement actions on transit, which can reduce delays and help transit operations run more smoothly during the event.
Local transit agencies and cooperating authorities face lower legal and reputational risk when limiting enforcement activities around large public events, easing interagency cooperation and public relations concerns.
Law enforcement and urban communities could face increased public-safety risk if some immigration encounters that might have identified dangerous individuals are delayed or limited outside narrow exigent exceptions.
Noncitizen immigrants remain at lower risk of apprehension in transit areas during the period, which some may view as reduced enforcement that could hinder efforts to identify individuals who pose national-security risks.
Local governments and taxpayers may incur indirect costs if coordination gaps between federal and local enforcement require extra planning, resources, or security measures for large events.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Temporarily bars DHS and DOJ from using federal funds for civil immigration enforcement on public transit and at transit hubs in World Cup host metro areas during June 11–July 19, 2026, except for exigent circumstances.
Introduced March 18, 2026 by Eric Swalwell · Last progress March 18, 2026
Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice from using federal funds to carry out civil immigration enforcement on public transit or at public transit hubs in any metropolitan area hosting a 2026 FIFA World Cup match or FIFA Fan Festival from June 11, 2026 through July 19, 2026, except in narrowly defined exigent circumstances. "Exigent circumstances" include imminent risks of death, violence, terrorism, national security threats, immediate arrests/hot pursuit when there is an imminent risk to public safety, and imminent risk of destroying evidence material to an ongoing criminal case. The restriction is limited to civil immigration enforcement under the immigration laws and does not remove the stated exceptions.