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119th CONGRESS
2d Session |
To provide that no Federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security or Department of Justice may be used to carry out any civil immigration enforcement activity within one mile of any 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup match or Fan Festival, and for other purposes.
Ms. Pou (for herself, Mr. Swalwell, Mrs. McIver, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
To provide that no Federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security or Department of Justice may be used to carry out any civil immigration enforcement activity within one mile of any 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup match or Fan Festival, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
This Act may be cited as the “Save the World Cup Act”.
SEC. 2. Limitation on use of funds.
(a) In general.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds made available to the Department of Homeland Security or Department of Justice may be used, except under exigent circumstances, to carry out any civil immigration enforcement activity under the immigration laws (as such term is defined in section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101)), within one mile of any 2026 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup match or FIFA Fan Festival.
(b) Exigent circumstances defined.—In this section, the term “exigent circumstances” means a situation involving any of the following:
(1) The imminent risk of death, violence, or physical harm to a person, including in the case of terrorism (as such term is defined in section 2 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 101)).
(2) The imminent risk to the national security of the United States.
(3) The immediate arrest or hot pursuit of an individual presenting an imminent risk to public safety, including relating to death, violence, or physical harm to a person.
(4) The imminent risk of destruction of evidence that is material to an ongoing criminal case.