Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025

Summary

Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025 This bill provides a private right of action against state and local jurisdictions with certain policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement efforts, and contains additional provisions related to such jurisdictions. Currently, such cooperation is generally not required. An individual (or certain relatives of such an individual) who is the victim of any felony for which an alien has been arrested, convicted, or sentenced to a prison term of at least one year may sue a state or local jurisdiction if the jurisdiction failed to comply with (1) certain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requests related to arresting and detaining aliens, and (2) a DHS request to detain the alien in question or provide a notification about the release of the alien. A jurisdiction that accepts certain federal grants may not assert immunity in such a civil action. A jurisdiction (or employee of a jurisdiction) that complies with certain DHS detainer requests shall be deemed to be acting as an agent of DHS. A complying jurisdiction or employee of the jurisdiction shall not be liable in any lawsuit relating to compliance with such requests. In a lawsuit against an employee of the jurisdiction, the United States shall be substituted in as the defendant, and remedies shall be limited to provisions for bringing tort claims against the federal government.

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Timeline

1. 22 January 2025

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management.

   Source: Committee

2. 22 January 2025

   Introduced

   Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 22 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

4. 22 January 2025

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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Documents

2 official files

• Introduced in House

  Introduced in House · EN · 22 January 2025

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 22 January 2025

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Sponsors

• Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] · R · Sponsor
• Rep. McGuire, John [R-VA-5] · R · Cosponsor
• Tim Moore · R · Cosponsor
• Rep. Taylor, David [R-OH-2] · R · Cosponsor
• · hspw00 · Standing
• · hsba00 · Standing
• · hsju00 · Standing

Related records

• related to ← Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act of 2025
• related to ← Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities and Fallen Law Enforcement Act of 2026