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The bill reduces immigration enforcement near World Cup events to ease fear and improve crowd safety, while trading off routine enforcement authority and introducing legal and operational uncertainty that may 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 enforcement during the events.
Event attendees and nearby communities may experience improved public safety and crowd management because limiting enforcement actions can reduce the risk of panic or disruption during large gatherings.
Federal agencies retain the ability to respond to imminent threats (exigent circumstances such as terrorism, imminent death, or hot pursuit), preserving a narrow but important national security exception during events.
DHS and DOJ may be hampered from conducting routine interior immigration enforcement near events, potentially allowing people with removal orders or outstanding violations to remain in event areas.
A broad "notwithstanding any other provision of law" clause could conflict with existing statutory duties and immigration authorities, creating legal uncertainty for federal agencies, local partners, and affected communities.
The bill's narrow definition of exigent circumstances risks delaying enforcement of serious but non-imminent threats that don't meet the listed criteria, complicating coordination with local law enforcement.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Stops DHS and DOJ from using federal funds for civil immigration enforcement within one mile of 2026 World Cup matches and fan festivals except for four narrowly defined exigent circumstances.
Official title: To provide that no Federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security or Department of Justice may be used to carry out any civil immigration enforcement activity within one mile of any 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup match or Fan Festival, and for other purposes.
Introduced March 18, 2026 by Nellie Pou · Last progress March 18, 2026
Prohibits the Department of Homeland Security and 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 bill lists four specific exigent circumstances that allow enforcement despite the prohibition: imminent risk of death/serious harm (including terrorism), imminent risk to national security, immediate arrest or hot pursuit of someone posing an imminent public-safety risk, and imminent destruction of evidence material to an ongoing criminal case. The restriction applies notwithstanding other laws and conditions the exception on those four exigent circumstances, limiting routine civil immigration actions (such as arrests, checks, or removals) by DHS and DOJ in the defined zones around World Cup events unless one of the specified emergency conditions is met.