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The bill limits federal civil-immigration enforcement within a one-mile radius of World Cup events to encourage noncitizen cooperation and clearer local planning, while risking reduced federal enforcement flexibility, coordination challenges, and greater litigation over enforcement boundaries.
Immigrants, their families, and event attendees within one mile of World Cup events will face fewer federal civil-immigration stops, reducing fear of interacting with event staff or seeking emergency help.
Local public-safety and medical personnel are likely to get more cooperation and reports from noncitizen witnesses and victims near events, improving incident response and victim assistance.
The bill clarifies narrow exigent‑circumstance exceptions (imminent risk to life, hot pursuit, destruction of evidence), preserving federal ability to act in urgent situations.
Federal restrictions on civil immigration enforcement within the one‑mile zone could allow noncitizens who pose public‑safety or national‑security risks to avoid arrest unless an exigent exception clearly applies, potentially impeding some investigations.
The measure may complicate coordination between federal and local authorities by creating uncertainty about who should handle non‑exigent immigration violations during events.
Ambiguity about the one‑mile zone's scope and what qualifies as an exigent circumstance could trigger legal disputes, raising litigation costs and implementation uncertainty.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice from using federal funds to carry out civil immigration enforcement within one mile of any 2026 FIFA World Cup match or FIFA Fan Festival, except when narrowly defined emergency (exigent) conditions exist. The bill also includes a short-title provision for citation.
Introduced March 18, 2026 by Nellie Pou · Last progress March 18, 2026