Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act

H.R. 4456 · 119th Congress · Jul 16, 2025 · Lineage

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.

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.

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Jul 16, 2025viewing Introduced in House Ms. Jayapal (for herself, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Balint, Ms. Barragán, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casar, Ms. Chu, Ms. Crockett, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Dexter, Ms. Escobar, Mr. García 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. Velázquez, 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

Stop ICE from Kidnapping U.S. Citizens Act

Section 1 Short title

Sec. 2 Limitation on use of funds by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

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