Sanctuary City Elimination Act

This bill says that state and local governments and their officers who hold people on immigration detainers from the Department of Homeland Security would be treated as agents of that department. In lawsuits over those detentions, states and localities could not be held liable, and the United States would replace local officers as the defendant. It defines a "sanctuary jurisdiction" as a state or locality that limits sharing immigration status information or limits following federal detainer requests, with an exception for victims and witnesses of crimes. Sanctuary jurisdictions would be barred from certain federal grants, including education, arts, water pollution, economic development, community development block grant, and brownfields funds. State attorneys general could sue to have grants withheld if a released person later commits a crime in their state.

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Sponsors

• John Cornyn Republican sponsor
• 7 cosponsors