I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1680 
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility 
Act of 1996 to expand the prohibition on State noncompliance with 
enforcement of the immigration laws, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 
Mr. EVANS of Colorado (for himself, Mr. CRANK, Ms. BOEBERT, and Mr. 
HURD of Colorado) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on the Judiciary 
A BILL 
To amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant 
Responsibility Act of 1996 to expand the prohibition 
on State noncompliance with enforcement of the immi-
gration laws, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Unhandcuffing Police 
to Locate and Interdict Foreign Transgressors Act’’ or the 
‘‘UPLIFT Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
Given recent infiltration of American communities by 
transnational criminal organizations such as Tren de 
Aragua, the Sinaloa Cartel, and MS–13 and the accom-
panying rise in crime that continue to impact American 
neighborhoods, the purposes of this act is to require law 
enforcement and other public servants in sanctuary juris-
dictions to fully cooperate with the Departments of Justice 
and Homeland Security to protect American citizens and 
mitigate the flow of opioids, fentanyl, and other illicit 
drugs. 
SEC. 3. NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ENFORCEMENT OF IMMI-
GRATION LAW IN SANCTUARY JURISDIC-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 642 of the Illegal Immi-
gration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1373) is amended— 
(1) by amending subsection (a) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of Federal, State, or local law, no Federal, State, 
or local government entity, and no individual, may prohibit 
or in any way restrict, a Federal, State, or local govern-
ment entity, official, or other personnel from complying 
with the immigration laws and policies of the United 
States or from assisting or cooperating with Federal law 
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‘‘(3) Complying with requests for such informa-
tion from Federal law enforcement entities, officials, 
or other personnel.’’; 
(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘Immigration 
and Naturalization Service’’ and inserting ‘‘Depart-
ment of Homeland Security’’; 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN IMMIGRATION 
DETENTION.—Not withstanding any other provision of 
Federal, State, or local law, no Federal, State, or local 
government entity, and no individual, may in any way re-
strict a Federal, State, or local government entity, official, 
or other personnel from— 
‘‘(1) entering into an agreement for the deten-
tion of individuals in an immigration detention facil-
ity that is owned, managed, or operated by a private 
entity; 
‘‘(2) selling any government-owned property for 
the purpose of establishing an immigration detention 
facility that is or will be owned, managed, or oper-
ated by a private entity; 
‘‘(3) paying any costs related to the sale, pur-
chase, construction, development, ownership, man-
agement, or operation of an immigration detention 
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facility that is or will be owned, managed, or oper-
ated by a private entity; or 
‘‘(4) receiving any payment related to the de-
tention of individuals in an immigration detention 
facility that is owned, managed, or operated by a 
private entity. 
‘‘(e) STANDING FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO SEEK 
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.—Any local government entity alleg-
ing a violation of subsection (a), (b), or (d) by the State 
in which the entity is located that harms such entity or 
its residents shall have standing to bring an action against 
the respective State on behalf of such entity or the resi-
dents of such entity in an appropriate district court of the 
United States to obtain appropriate injunctive relief. The 
court shall advance on the docket and expedite the disposi-
tion of a civil action filed under this subsection to the 
greatest extent practicable. For purposes of this sub-
section, local government entity or its residents shall be 
considered to have been harmed if the entity or any of 
its residents experience harm, including financial harm in 
excess of $100. 
‘‘(f) COMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) ANNUAL DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 
of Homeland Security shall determine, for each cal-
endar year, which States or local government entities 
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are not in compliance with subsection (a) or (b) or 
(d) and shall report such determinations to Congress 
by March 1 of each succeeding calendar year. 
‘‘(2) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall issue a re-
port concerning the compliance with subsections (a) 
and (b) of any particular State or local government 
entity at the request of the Committee on the Judi-
ciary of the House of Representatives or the Com-
mittee on the Judiciary of the Senate. 
‘‘(g) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section shall 
require law enforcement officials from States, or from 
local government entities, to report or arrest victims of 
or witnesses to a criminal offense.’’. 
SEC. 4. CLARIFYING THE AUTHORITY OF ICE DETAINERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 287(d) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1357(d)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) DETAINER OF INADMISSIBLE OR DEPORTABLE 
ALIENS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an individual 
who is arrested by any Federal, State, or local law 
enforcement official or other personnel for the al-
leged violation of any criminal or motor vehicle law, 
the Secretary may issue a detainer regarding the in-
dividual to any Federal, State, or local law enforce-
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ment entity, official, or other personnel if the Sec-
retary has probable cause to believe that the indi-
vidual is an inadmissible or deportable alien. 
‘‘(2) PROBABLE
CAUSE.—The Secretary may 
establish proabable cause if— 
‘‘(A) the individual who is the subject of 
the detainer matches, pursuant to biometric 
confirmation or other Federal database records, 
the identity of an alien who the Secretary has 
reasonable grounds to believe to be inadmissible 
or deportable; 
‘‘(B) the individual who is the subject of 
the detainer is the subject of ongoing removal 
proceedings, including matters where a charg-
ing document has already been served; 
‘‘(C) the individual who is the subject of 
the detainer has previously been ordered re-
moved from the United States and such an 
order is administratively final; 
‘‘(D) the individual who is the subject of 
the detainer has made voluntary statements or 
provided reliable evidence that indicate that 
they are an inadmissible or deportable alien; or 
‘‘(E) the Secretary otherwise has probable 
cause to believe that the individual who is the 
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subject of the detainer is an inadmissible or de-
portable alien. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFER OF CUSTODY.—If the Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement entity, official, or 
other personnel to whom a detainer is issued com-
plies with the detainer and detains the individual 
who is the subject of the detainer for purposes of 
transfer of custody to the Department of Homeland 
Security, the Department may take custody of the 
individual within 48 hours (excluding weekends and 
holidays), but in no instance more than 96 hours, 
following the date that the individual is otherwise to 
be released from the custody of the relevant Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement entity.’’. 
(b) IMMUNITY; PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.—Section 
287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1357) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i) IMMUNITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State or a political sub-
division of a State (and the officials and personnel 
of the State or subdivision acting in their official ca-
pacities), and a nongovernmental entity (and its per-
sonnel) contracted by the State or political subdivi-
sion for the purpose of providing detention, acting in 
compliance with a Department of Homeland Secu-
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