No Private Bounty Hunters for Immigration Enforcement Act

This bill would bar the Department of Homeland Security from signing new contracts or agreements with outside parties to perform skip tracing, surveillance, or location verification for civil immigration enforcement. It would require the department to end existing contracts that provide for these activities and to amend other existing contracts to prohibit them. Contractors could not use subcontractors to do this work. The bill would also bar federal funds from paying private entities per person or by bonus to locate individuals subject to a civil immigration detainer, with an exception for certain supervised data tools, and would require the DHS Inspector General to audit department contracts for compliance within 30 days.

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Sponsors

• Raja Krishnamoorthi Democrat sponsor
• 4 cosponsors