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Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act
To provide that no Federal funds made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be used, in carrying out any civil immigration enforcement activities under the immigration laws, to detain United States citizens or transport such citizens outside the United States, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill prohibits the use of Federal funds made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from being used in civil immigration enforcement activities to detain United States citizens or transport United States citizens outside the country. The bill applies to all civil immigration enforcement activities under the immigration laws as defined in the Immigration and Nationality Act. The restriction limits how Federal funds appropriated to ICE can be deployed in immigration enforcement operations.
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Sponsor (1)
57 cosponsors
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC)
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ)
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT)
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA)
- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR)
- Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] (D-CA)
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. Casar, Greg [D-TX-35] (D-TX)
- Rep. Castro, Joaquin [D-TX-20] (D-TX)
- Rep. Chu, Judy [D-CA-28] (D-CA)
- Rep. Cisneros, Gilbert Ray [D-CA-31] (D-CA)
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY)
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX)
- Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7] (D-IL)
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA)
- Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1] (D-CO)
- Rep. Dexter, Maxine [D-OR-3] (D-OR)
- Rep. Escobar, Veronica [D-TX-16] (D-TX)
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC)
- Rep. Garamendi, John [D-CA-8] (D-CA)
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL)
- Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29] (D-TX)
- Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10] (D-NY)
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV)
- Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2] (D-CA)
- Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37] (D-CA)
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA)
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16] (D-NY)
- Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12] (D-PA)
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA)
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE)
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] (D-WI)
- Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12] (D-NY)
- Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3] (D-IL)
- Rep. Randall, Emily [D-WA-6] (D-WA)
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD)
- Rep. Salinas, Andrea [D-OR-6] (D-OR)
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL)
- Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12] (D-CA)
- Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1] (D-NM)
- Rep. Strickland, Marilyn [D-WA-10] (D-WA)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20] (D-NY)
- Rep. Tran, Derek [D-CA-45] (D-CA)
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA)
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA)
Actions (2)
- Jul 16, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. · house
- Jul 16, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 16, 2025
Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragan, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casar, Ms. Chu, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kamlager-Dove, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Nadler, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Ramirez, Ms. Randall, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Vargas, Ms. Velazquez, Mrs. Watson Coleman, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Garcia of Texas, and Ms. Moore of Wisconsin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To provide that no Federal funds made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be used, in carrying out any civil immigration enforcement activities under the immigration laws, to detain United States citizens or transport such citizens outside the United States, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act”.
SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS BY U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds made available to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement may be used, in carrying out any civil immigration enforcement activities under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)), to—
(1) detain a citizen of the United States; or
(2) transport a citizen of the United States outside of the United States. <all>
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