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2	2	119THCONGRESS
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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 864
5	5	To clarify the Federal Government’s jurisdiction over immigration law and
6	6	policy.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JANUARY31, 2025
9	9	Mr. K
10	10	ILEYof California introduced the following bill; which was referred to
11	11	the Committee on the Judiciary
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To clarify the Federal Government’s jurisdiction over
14	14	immigration law and policy.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
18	18	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Freedom to Cooperate 4
19	19	Act’’. 5
20	20	SEC. 2. NULLIFYING CONTRADICTORY STATE LAWS ON IM-6
21	21	MIGRATION AND SANCTUARY POLICIES THAT 7
22	22	LACK STANDING. 8
23	23	(a) C
24	24	ONGRESSIONALINTENT.—In as much as Fed-9
25	25	eral law takes precedence over State laws in the enact-10
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29	29	ment, implementation, and administration of immigration 1
30	30	policy, it is the intent of Congress that State laws, regula-2
31	31	tions, or executive directives regarding sanctuary policies 3
32	32	should not hinder the ability of local law enforcement to 4
33	33	comply with Federal immigration enforcement provisions, 5
34	34	including full cooperation with Federal agencies. 6
35	35	(b) I
36	36	NGENERAL.—Section 642 of the Illegal Immi-7
37	37	gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 8
38	38	(8 U.S.C. 1373) is amended— 9
39	39	(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 10
40	40	following: 11
41	41	‘‘(a) I
42	42	NGENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-12
43	43	vision of Federal, State, or local law, no State may pro-13
44	44	hibit, or in any way restrict, a Federal, State, or local gov-14
45	45	ernment entity, official, or other personnel from complying 15
46	46	with the immigration laws (as defined in section 16
47	47	101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 17
48	48	U.S.C. 1101(a)(17))), or from assisting or cooperating 18
49	49	with Federal law enforcement entities, officials, or other 19
50	50	personnel regarding the enforcement of the immigration 20
51	51	laws.’’; 21
52	52	(2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 22
53	53	following: 23
54	54	‘‘(b) L
55	55	AWENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES.—Notwith-24
56	56	standing any other provision of Federal, State, or local 25
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60	60	law, no State may prohibit, or in any way restrict, a Fed-1
61	61	eral, State, or local government entity, official, or other 2
62	62	personnel from undertaking any of the following law en-3
63	63	forcement activities as they relate to information regard-4
64	64	ing the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, the inad-5
65	65	missibility or deportability, or the custody status, of any 6
66	66	individual: 7
67	67	‘‘(1) Making inquiries to any individual in order 8
68	68	to obtain such information regarding such individual 9
69	69	or any other individual. 10
70	70	‘‘(2) Notifying the Federal Government regard-11
71	71	ing the presence of individuals who are encountered 12
72	72	by law enforcement officials or other personnel of a 13
73	73	State or local government. 14
74	74	‘‘(3) Complying with requests for such informa-15
75	75	tion from Federal law enforcement entities, officials, 16
76	76	or other personnel.’’; 17
77	77	(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Immigration 18
78	78	and Naturalization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-19
79	79	ment of Homeland Security’’; and 20
80	80	(4) by adding at the end the following: 21
81	81	‘‘(d) C
82	82	ONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 22
83	83	require law enforcement officials from States to report or 23
84	84	arrest victims or witnesses of a criminal offense.’’. 24
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88	88	SEC. 3. CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF ICE DETAINERS. 1
89	89	Section 287(d) of the Immigration and Nationality 2
90	90	Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(d)) is amended to read as follows: 3
91	91	‘‘(d) D
92	92	ETAINER OFINADMISSIBLE ORDEPORTABLE 4
93	93	A
94	94	LIENS.— 5
95	95	‘‘(1) I
96	96	N GENERAL.—In the case of an individual 6
97	97	who is arrested by any Federal, State, or local law 7
98	98	enforcement official or other personnel for the al-8
99	99	leged violation of any criminal or motor vehicle law, 9
100	100	the Secretary may issue a detainer regarding the in-10
101	101	dividual to any Federal, State, or local law enforce-11
102	102	ment entity, official, or other personnel if the Sec-12
103	103	retary of Homeland Security has probable cause to 13
104	104	believe that the individual is an inadmissible or de-14
105	105	portable alien. 15
106	106	‘‘(2) P
107	107	ROBABLE CAUSE .—Probable cause is 16
108	108	deemed to be established if— 17
109	109	‘‘(A) the individual who is the subject of 18
110	110	the detainer— 19
111	111	‘‘(i) matches, pursuant to biometric 20
112	112	confirmation or other Federal database 21
113	113	records, the identity of an alien who the 22
114	114	Secretary of Homeland Security has rea-23
115	115	sonable grounds to believe to be inadmis-24
116	116	sible or deportable; 25
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120	120	‘‘(ii) is the subject of ongoing removal 1
121	121	proceedings, including matters where a 2
122	122	charging document has already been 3
123	123	served; 4
124	124	‘‘(iii) has previously been ordered re-5
125	125	moved from the United States and such an 6
126	126	order is administratively final; or 7
127	127	‘‘(iv) has made voluntary statements 8
128	128	or provided reliable evidence that indicate 9
129	129	that the alien is an inadmissible or deport-10
130	130	able alien; or 11
131	131	‘‘(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security 12
132	132	otherwise has reasonable grounds to believe 13
133	133	that the individual who is the subject of the de-14
134	134	tainer is an inadmissible or deportable alien. 15
135	135	‘‘(3) T
136	136	RANSFER OF CUSTODY .—If the Federal, 16
137	137	State, or local law enforcement entity, official, or 17
138	138	other personnel to whom a detainer is issued com-18
139	139	plies with the detainer and detains for purposes of 19
140	140	transfer of custody to the Department of Homeland 20
141	141	Security the individual who is the subject of the de-21
142	142	tainer, the Department may take custody of the in-22
143	143	dividual within 48 hours (excluding weekends and 23
144	144	holidays), but in no instance more than 96 hours, 24
145	145	following the date that the individual is otherwise to 25
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149	149	be released from the custody of the relevant Federal, 1
150	150	State, or local law enforcement entity. 2
151	151	‘‘(4) I
152	152	MMUNITY.— 3
153	153	‘‘(A) I
154	154	N GENERAL.—A State or a political 4
155	155	subdivision of a State (and the officials and 5
156	156	personnel of the State or subdivision acting in 6
157	157	their official capacities), and a nongovernmental 7
158	158	entity (and its personnel) contracted by the 8
159	159	State or political subdivision for the purpose of 9
160	160	providing detention, acting in compliance with a 10
161	161	Department of Homeland Security detainer 11
162	162	issued pursuant to this section who temporarily 12
163	163	holds an alien in its custody pursuant to the 13
164	164	terms of a detainer so that the alien may be 14
165	165	taken into the custody of the Department of 15
166	166	Homeland Security, shall be considered to be 16
167	167	acting under color of Federal authority for pur-17
168	168	poses of determining their liability and shall be 18
169	169	held harmless for their compliance with the de-19
170	170	tainer in any suit seeking any punitive, compen-20
171	171	satory, or other monetary damages. 21
172	172	‘‘(B) F
173	173	EDERAL GOVERNMENT AS DEFEND -22
174	174	ANT.—In any civil action arising out of the 23
175	175	compliance with a Department of Homeland Se-24
176	176	curity detainer by a State or a political subdivi-25
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180	180	sion of a State (and the officials and personnel 1
181	181	of the State or subdivision acting in their offi-2
182	182	cial capacities), or a nongovernmental entity 3
183	183	(and its personnel) contracted by the State or 4
184	184	political subdivision for the purpose of providing 5
185	185	detention, the United States Government shall 6
186	186	be the proper party named as the defendant in 7
187	187	the suit in regard to the detention resulting 8
188	188	from compliance with the detainer. 9
189	189	‘‘(C) B
190	190	AD FAITH EXCEPTION .—Subpara-10
191	191	graphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to any mis-11
192	192	treatment of an individual by a State or a polit-12
193	193	ical subdivision of a State (and the officials and 13
194	194	personnel of the State or subdivision acting in 14
195	195	their official capacities), or a nongovernmental 15
196	196	entity (and its personnel) contracted by the 16
197	197	State or political subdivision for the purpose of 17
198	198	providing detention.’’. 18
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