Us Congress 2025-2026 Regular Session

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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 1928
5	5	To authorize private enforcement of immigration laws, and for other purposes.
6	6	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
7	7	MARCH6, 2025
8	8	Mr. I
9	9	SSA(for himself, Mr. GILLof Texas, Mr. CRANE, Mr. GOODEN, Mr.
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11	11	ARIDOPOLOS, and Mr. FEENSTRA) introduced the following bill; which
12	12	was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
13	13	A BILL
14	14	To authorize private enforcement of immigration laws, and
15	15	for other purposes.
16	16	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
17	17	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
18	18	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
19	19	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Sanctuary City Ac-4
20	20	countability Act’’. 5
21	21	SEC. 2. PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS. 6
22	22	Title I of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 7
23	23	U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 8
24	24	the following new section: 9
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28	28	‘‘SEC. 107. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. 1
29	29	‘‘(a) I
30	30	NGENERAL.—Any individual who is a national 2
31	31	of the United States may bring a civil action in an appro-3
32	32	priate district court of the United States against a sanc-4
33	33	tuary jurisdiction in which an alien was located if that 5
34	34	alien commits a crime against that individual, or an imme-6
35	35	diate family member of that individual, in the sanctuary 7
36	36	jurisdiction, or in any other jurisdiction to which the alien 8
37	37	later relocates, for such injunctive relief or compensatory 9
38	38	damages as may be appropriate. 10
39	39	‘‘(b) L
40	40	IMITATION ONLIABILITY.—A unit of local gov-11
41	41	ernment may not be held liable under this section for en-12
42	42	forcing or implementing a law, ordinance, regulation, reso-13
43	43	lution, policy, or other practice imposed by the State in 14
44	44	which the unit of local government is located. 15
45	45	‘‘(c) S
46	46	ANCTUARYJURISDICTIONDEFINED.—In this 16
47	47	section, the term ‘sanctuary jurisdiction’ means any State 17
48	48	or unit of local government that has laws, ordinances, reg-18
49	49	ulations, resolutions, policies, or other practices that ob-19
50	50	struct immigration enforcement and shield criminals from 20
51	51	U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including 21
52	52	by— 22
53	53	‘‘(1) refusing to or prohibiting agencies from 23
54	54	complying with U.S. Immigration and Customs En-24
55	55	forcement detainers; 25
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58	58	•HR 1928 IH
59	59	‘‘(2) imposing unreasonable conditions on U.S. 1
60	60	Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainer 2
61	61	compliance; 3
62	62	‘‘(3) denying U.S. Immigration and Customs 4
63	63	Enforcement access to interview incarcerated aliens; 5
64	64	or 6
65	65	‘‘(4) otherwise impeding communication or in-7
66	66	formation exchanges between the jurisdiction’s per-8
67	67	sonnel and Federal immigration officers.’’. 9
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