Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022”.
Stop the Betrayal Act of 2022
A BILL
To prohibit Federal funds from being used to transport certain aliens into the interior, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Limitation on Federal funds
In general— No Federal funds may be used by the Department of Homeland Security or any other Federal agency or contractor to transport aliens unlawfully present in the United States into the interior of the United States for purposes other than enforcement of the immigration laws.
Exemption— Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to Federal funds used to transport unaccompanied alien children to Department of Health and Human Services facilities.
Definitions— In this Act—
the term “immigration laws” has the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101);
the term “interior” means the region within the United States that is not within the border jurisdiction of U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and
the term “unaccompanied alien child” has the meaning given such term in section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279).