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The bill increases federal leverage to condition event‑security and homeland grants on local immigration cooperation—potentially strengthening targeted enforcement and clarifying funding rules, but at the cost of reduced public‑safety resources in some jurisdictions, strained federal‑local relations, and heightened civil‑liberties and service‑access risks for immigrant communities.
Local governments and federal agencies: the bill creates clearer, enforceable criteria for SEAR/grant eligibility so DHS can more predictably allocate event-security and homeland-security resources.
Event attendees, border communities, and law enforcement: increased federal enforcement prioritization (including funding for arrests/removals of convicted noncitizens and gang members and directing resources to border removals) may reduce exposure to high‑risk individuals and strengthen security at major events and border operations.
Congress and taxpayers: the bill requires regular reporting on funds withheld/reallocated and counts of arrests/detentions/deportations, improving congressional oversight and transparency about enforcement outcomes and resource use.
Residents and visitors in jurisdictions labeled 'sanctuary': the bill risks reduced DHS SEAR support and homeland‑security grants, which could lower event security and emergency coordination at major public events.
Immigrants (documented and undocumented) and their communities: expanded enforcement funding, data‑sharing incentives, and conditional support increase the risk of arrests, detentions, deportations, privacy intrusions, and chilling effects on access to local services.
Local governments and federal partners: conditioning public‑safety funding on immigration cooperation could politicize grant decisions, strain federal‑local relations, and divert attention/resources away from neutral security needs.
Based on analysis of 7 sections of legislative text.
DHS SEAR event-security support is withheld from jurisdictions with "sanctuary" policies unless they certify compliance, and withheld funds are reallocated to ICE enforcement.
Introduced February 25, 2026 by Richard Lynn Scott · Last progress February 25, 2026
Conditions Department of Homeland Security special-event security support on local and state jurisdictions certifying they do not maintain “sanctuary” policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities; jurisdictions that fail to certify within 30 days of DHS notice become ineligible for SEAR-related federal funds for events. Funds withheld from ineligible jurisdictions are reallocated to ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, prioritized for arrests, detentions, and removals (with at least half for border-related enforcement), and DHS must report semiannually to Congress on withheld amounts, reallocations, enforcement outcomes, and effects on event security risks.