This bill defines a "sanctuary jurisdiction" as a State or local government that has a law, rule, policy, or practice that either (1) stops government officials from sending, receiving, keeping, or sharing information about a person's citizenship or immigration status, or (2) stops officials from complying with certain requests from the Secretary of Homeland Security under sections 236 or 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to honor a detainer or to notify about a person's release. The bill says a jurisdiction is not a sanctuary jurisdiction solely because it will not share information or honor a detainer for someone who comes forward as a victim or witness to a crime.
Starting on the earlier of 60 days after the bill becomes law or the first day of the next fiscal year, any jurisdiction the bill calls a sanctuary jurisdiction cannot receive federal money that the jurisdiction plans to use to benefit immigrants who are in the United States without lawful status. The bill gives examples of those benefits as food, shelter, health care, legal services, and transportation.
The bill also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to send a report to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees not later than 1 year after the bill becomes law and every year after that. The report must identify each State and local government that failed to comply with the detainer or notification requests described above during the prior year.
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The bill makes jurisdictions that limit sharing immigration status or do not comply with certain Homeland Security detainer or notification requests ineligible for federal funds intended to benefit people who are in the United States without lawful status. The bill includes an exception for officials who do not share information about victims or witnesses who come forward.
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