H.R. 1928

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To authorize private enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · March 6, 2025 · Sponsor: Mr. Issa · Committee: Committee on the Judiciary

Table of contents

• H.R. 1928
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Private enforcement of immigration laws

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the Sanctuary City Accountability Act.

SEC. 2. Private enforcement of immigration laws

• Title I of the Immigration and Nationality Act () is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.
  • (a) In general
    • Any individual who is a national of the United States may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court of the United States against a sanctuary jurisdiction in which an alien was located if that alien commits a crime against that individual, or an immediate family member of that individual, in the sanctuary jurisdiction, or in any other jurisdiction to which the alien later relocates, for such injunctive relief or compensatory damages as may be appropriate.
  • (b) Limitation on liability
    • A unit of local government may not be held liable under this section for enforcing or implementing a law, ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or other practice imposed by the State in which the unit of local government is located.
  • (c) Sanctuary jurisdiction defined
    • In this section, the term means any State or unit of local government that has laws, ordinances, regulations, resolutions, policies, or other practices that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including by— sanctuary jurisdiction
      • refusing to or prohibiting agencies from complying with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers;
      • imposing unreasonable conditions on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer compliance;
      • denying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement access to interview incarcerated aliens; or
      • otherwise impeding communication or information exchanges between the jurisdiction’s personnel and Federal immigration officers.