Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stop ICE Election Militarization Act”.
Stop ICE Election Militarization Act
A BILL
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain activities of immigration officers in connection with elections, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Prohibitions on immigration officers in connection with elections
Interference by immigration officers prohibited— Section 593 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
in the first paragraph, by inserting after “an officer or member of the Armed Forces of the United States” the following: “or an immigration officer (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101))”;
by striking “being such officer or member” each place it appears and inserting “being such officer or member of the Armed Forces of the United States or such immigration officer”; and
in the seventh paragraph, by inserting after “any officer or member of the Armed Forces” the following: “or any immigration officer”.
Restriction on immigration enforcement prior to elections— During the 4-week period before an election for Federal office, no immigration enforcement or removal operation may be carried out unless—
such operation is based on the particularized criminal probable cause related to a particular individual; or
such operation is necessary to prevent imminent death or serious bodily injury.