Federal funds withheld from cities that limit police-immigration cooperation
H.R. 3081 — Law Enforcement Solidarity Act · Filed by Claudia Tenney (R-NY) · 2 cosponsors · Introduced Apr 29, 2025 · Referred to committee
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What it does
This bill bars states and cities from receiving federal funds for services to undocumented immigrants if they have laws or policies that restrict local police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. The Attorney General decides which jurisdictions qualify as having 'law enforcement cooperation restrictions' and must report annually to Congress. Affected funds cover food, shelter, healthcare, legal services, and transportation for undocumented immigrants.
Why we flagged it
The bill uses federal funding as a coercive tool to force local jurisdictions to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, overriding local policy choices about police resource allocation and community trust.
What the text implies
- The bill's definition of 'law enforcement cooperation restrictions' is broad enough to capture sanctuary policies, police-community trust initiatives, and resource-allocation decisions that have nothing to do with immigration but restrict police assistance to any federal officer.
- Attorney General discretion to designate jurisdictions is unreviewable and creates annual uncertainty for cities and states, potentially chilling legitimate local policy choices.
- Withholding funds for immigrant services may increase homelessness, disease transmission, and crime in affected jurisdictions, shifting costs to local budgets and public health systems.
- The bill may incentivize jurisdictions to redirect police resources away from community policing toward federal immigration enforcement, potentially degrading public safety in low-income neighborhoods.
Section numbers refer to the bill text the analysis read — linked under Primary records below.
Who it affects
The bill penalizes jurisdictions for exercising local control over police resources and cooperation with federal immigration enforcement. Residents of affected cities and states lose access to federally funded services (shelter, healthcare, legal aid, transportation) for undocumented immigrants, reducing humanitarian aid and potentially increasing public health and safety risks. The mechanism also creates pressure on local governments to abandon policies protecting police-community trust and loc
Named in the bill
Attorney General, Department of Homeland Security, House Committee on the Judiciary, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Federal law enforcement officers, States and political subdivisions
Where it stands
2 cosponsors: 2 Republicans.
- Apr 29, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Apr 29, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (1,973 characters) on Sep 26, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 15,166 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-26.
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