[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9473 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9473

  To authorize private enforcement of immigration laws, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 6, 2024

   Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize private enforcement of immigration laws, 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 ``Sanctuary City Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIVATE ENFORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAWS.

    Title I of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 107. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.

    ``(a) In General.--Any individual who is a national of the United 
States may bring a civil action in an appropriate district court of the 
United States against a sanctuary jurisdiction in which an alien was 
located if that alien commits a crime against that individual, or an 
immediate family member of that individual, in the sanctuary 
jurisdiction, or in any other jurisdiction to which the alien later 
relocates, for such injunctive relief or compensatory damages as may be 
appropriate.
    ``(b) Limitation on Liability.--A unit of local government may not 
be held liable under this section for enforcing or implementing a law, 
ordinance, regulation, resolution, policy, or other practice imposed by 
the State in which the unit of local government is located.
    ``(c) Sanctuary Jurisdiction Defined.--In this section, the term 
`sanctuary jurisdiction' means any State or unit of local government 
that has laws, ordinances, regulations, resolutions, policies, or other 
practices that obstruct immigration enforcement and shield criminals 
from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including by--
            ``(1) refusing to or prohibiting agencies from complying 
        with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers;
            ``(2) imposing unreasonable conditions on U.S. Immigration 
        and Customs Enforcement detainer compliance;
            ``(3) denying U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 
        access to interview incarcerated aliens; or
            ``(4) otherwise impeding communication or information 
        exchanges between the jurisdiction's personnel and Federal 
        immigration officers.''.
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