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Introduced March 18, 2026 by Nellie Pou · Last progress March 18, 2026
The bill reduces immigration‑enforcement presence near World Cup matches and fan festivals to ease fear and improve crowd safety, but in doing so it limits routine enforcement, creates legal and operational uncertainties, and could complicate responses to non‑imminent threats.
Immigrants, event attendees, and nearby residents will face fewer civil immigration enforcement encounters within one mile of World Cup matches and Fan Festivals, reducing fear of immigration enforcement during those events.
Event attendees and surrounding communities may experience improved public safety and crowd management because limiting routine enforcement reduces the risk of panic or disruptions during large gatherings.
Law enforcement and local governments retain authority to act in true emergencies because the bill preserves exigent‑circumstance exceptions (e.g., imminent death, terrorism, hot pursuit).
Taxpayers and local governments could see reduced routine interior immigration enforcement near events, potentially allowing some individuals with removal orders or outstanding violations to remain in event areas.
Federal employees and partner agencies may face legal uncertainty because the bill's 'notwithstanding any other provision of law' language could conflict with existing statutory duties and immigration authorities.
Law enforcement and local governments could have delayed or complicated responses to serious but non‑imminent threats if the bill's narrow exigent‑circumstance definitions do not cover them.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Bars DHS and DOJ from using federal funds for civil immigration enforcement within one mile of any 2026 World Cup match or FIFA Fan Festival, except for narrowly defined exigent circumstances.
Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice from using federal funds for civil immigration enforcement within one mile of any 2026 FIFA World Cup match or FIFA Fan Festival, except when narrowly defined "exigent circumstances" exist. The exceptions allow enforcement if there is an imminent risk of death, violence, terrorism, a threat to national security, immediate arrest/hot pursuit of someone posing imminent danger, or imminent destruction of evidence in an ongoing criminal case.