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The bill enforces federal immigration-alignment by restricting SBA field office presence and protecting affected employees through reassignment, at the cost of reduced local service access for small businesses, employee disruption, administrative expenses, and strained federal–local relations.
Federal SBA employees in offices located in jurisdictions that limit immigration cooperation are reassigned quickly so they continue to receive pay and federal work without prolonged interruption.
Small business owners and SBA program integrity are supported by preventing the opening or continuation of SBA field offices in jurisdictions that do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, aligning SBA presence with federal policy goals.
Small businesses and entrepreneurs who rely on local SBA office services will lose nearby access when offices are closed or not opened in certain jurisdictions, delaying loans and assistance.
Federal SBA employees may be forced to relocate or be reassigned across state lines, disrupting families and causing increased commuting or moving costs for those workers.
Treating jurisdictions with certain local privacy or cooperation policies as hostile could strain federal–local relationships and invite legal challenges over state and local authority.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to relocate any regional, district, or local covered office that the SBA Administrator publicly determines is located in a “sanctuary jurisdiction.” Relocations must move offices to locations outside such jurisdictions within 120 days, suspend operations after that deadline until relocation, reassign staff to non‑sanctuary covered offices, and bar the SBA from opening new covered offices in sanctuary jurisdictions. The measure excludes SBA headquarters and components not fully appropriated by Congress.
Introduced April 17, 2025 by Brad Finstad · Last progress June 9, 2025